diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+.*.swp
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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+++ b/__init__.py
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+import os
+DBC_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))