text: import os
  print('**** init: ', os.path.abspath("."))
  #print('**** module file: ', os.path.abspath("."))
  
  
  #import inspect
  #inspect.getfile(nmdc)
  
  from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
  import importlib
  
  #spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("module.name", "/path/to/file.py")
  #print('*** spec: ', spec)
  