skbio.util.
get_data_path
(fn, subfolder='data')[source]¶Return path to filename fn
in the data folder.
State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.
During testing it is often necessary to load data files. This
function returns the full path to files in the data
subfolder
by default.
fn (str) – File name.
subfolder (str, defaults to data
) – Name of the subfolder that contains the data.
Inferred absolute path to the test data for the module where
get_data_path(fn)
is called.
str
Notes
The requested path may not point to an existing file, as its existence is not checked.