# Working with path at module level?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/working-with-path-at-module-level/110142
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/working-with-path-at-module-level/110142 "2024-02-13T10:26:29Z")
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### Author:  [@HenriDeh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HenriDeh)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/working-with-path-at-module-level/110142/1 "2024-02-13T10:26:29Z")
Hello,
I have a package with directories structured like this:
- Packgage
- data
- datafile.txt
- src
- package.jl
In package.jl, there is a function
```julia
function foo()
f = read("data/datafile.txt")
#do smth
end
```
This works fine when I am working in the Julia environment “Package”, but I would like someone to be able to `add Package`, `using Package`, `Package.foo()`.
But in that case, they obtain a `SystemError: opening file "data/datafile.txt": No such file`
This is because they are in another environment than that of the package. Is there a way to tell Julia to use paths that are within the package?
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### Author:  [@abraemer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abraemer)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/working-with-path-at-module-level/110142/2 "2024-02-13T10:32:00Z")
You could use one of `@ __FILE__ ` or `@ __DIR__ ` to get the location of the current file.
```julia
function foo()
f = read(joinpath(@ __DIR__ , "..", "data/datafile.txt"))
#do smth
end
```
If you need to find the root folder frequently and from different paths within, then you could define a helper function at a fixed location to return the module root path.
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### Author:  [@HenriDeh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HenriDeh)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/working-with-path-at-module-level/110142/3 "2024-02-13T10:34:35Z")
Amazing, this will do the trick. Thank you.