# Find the location of the function I'm calling?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/find-the-location-of-the-function-im-calling/55856
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/find-the-location-of-the-function-im-calling/55856 "2021-02-23T15:06:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Daneel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Daneel)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/find-the-location-of-the-function-im-calling/55856/1 "2021-02-23T15:06:39Z")
How can I figure out where the calling function is located? I want an include to be relative to the function itself.
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### Author:  [@Skoffer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Skoffer)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/find-the-location-of-the-function-im-calling/55856/2 "2021-02-23T15:10:45Z")
Not sure I understand the “include relative to the function” part, but you can find where the function is located with the help of `@which` macro
```julia
julia> using Plots
julia> @which plot([1], [1])
plot(args...; kw...) in Plots at /home/skoffer/.julia/packages/Plots/oZheM/src/plot.jl:49
```
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### Author:  [@pixel27](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pixel27)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/find-the-location-of-the-function-im-calling/55856/3 "2021-02-23T17:46:15Z")
It sounds like you want `stacktrace()` to me which returns an Array containing the stack:
```julia
julia> example() = stacktrace()
example (generic function with 1 method)
julia> example_1() = example()
example_1 (generic function with 1 method)
julia> example_1()
15-element Array{Base.StackTraces.StackFrame,1}:
example at REPL[7]:1 [inlined]
example_1() at REPL[8]:1
top-level scope at REPL[9]:1
eval(::Module, ::Any) at boot.jl:331
eval_user_input(::Any, ::REPL.REPLBackend) at REPL.jl:134
repl_backend_loop(::REPL.REPLBackend) at REPL.jl:195
start_repl_backend(::REPL.REPLBackend, ::Any) at REPL.jl:180
run_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any; backend_on_current_task::Bool) at REPL.jl:292
run_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any) at REPL.jl:288
(::Base.var"#807#809"{Bool,Bool,Bool,Bool})(::Module) at client.jl:399
#invokelatest#1 at essentials.jl:710 [inlined]
invokelatest at essentials.jl:709 [inlined]
run_main_repl(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool, ::Bool) at client.jl:383
exec_options(::Base.JLOptions) at client.jl:313
_start() at client.jl:506
```
So you want want `stacktrace()[2]` as the calling method, I think.
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### Author:  [@Daneel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Daneel)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/find-the-location-of-the-function-im-calling/55856/4 "2021-05-04T13:05:23Z")
I finally found it, `@ __FILE__ ` or `@ __DIR__ `.
[Base.@ **FILE**](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/base/#Base.@ __FILE__ )