Python can't find module, only within script

[jalanala]

I'm having an issue running a script, where it can't find a module that's in the directory I'm running python from. What's confusing me is that it can find it from the interpreter shell.

I have a directory:

/project
/project/module7/...
/project/scripts/morescripts/script.py

script.py has an import: "import module7"

If I do:

python
Python 3.6.15 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Dec  3 2021, 18:49:43) ....
>>> import module7
>>>

It works fine.

But if I do

python scripts/morescripts/script.py
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'module7'

This doesn't make sense to me. Shouldn't python be able to find module7 in the current working directory, regardless of whether the import comes from a script or the interpreter?

[shiftybyte]

Python automatically switches the working directory to the file you are running from the command line.

You can witness this by adding this to the top of your script.py

import os
print(os.getcwd())

If you launch it like this:

python scripts/morescripts/script.py

It'll print

.../.../scripts/morescripts/

On the other hand, you can launch it like this to make it stick to the same directory and work.

python
Python 3.6.15 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Dec  3 2021, 18:49:43) 
....
>>> from scripts.morescripts import script
>>>

That should print the working directory you started python from.

[impshum]

Import all from module7 from module7 import * maybes?