How to close and open a import module like a reboot

Question

I am trying to make my updater able to reboot so I can update without stopping the program, here is my code, and it doesn't work, anyone know how to make it work?

import versionLoader
import os

cwd = os.getcwd()
cwdKeep = cwd

def reboot():
    os.chdir(cwdKeep)
    versionLoader.exit()
    import versionLoader

I get this error:

AttributeError: partially initialized module 'versionLoader' has no attribute 'exit' (most likely due to a circular import)

@chickitychinachinesechicken I want it to stop versionLoader, and rerun it, it doesnt do that — EnderPrince, Nov 25 '21 at 22:43
what is versionLoader module? Is it a module you wrote? I can't find it...where did you get it, install it from? — chickity china chinese chicken, Nov 25 '21 at 22:48
It is a script I made, python will run the script if you import it like I did, you can test it by making a versonLoader.py file, and adding print("versionLoader loaded") or something — EnderPrince, Nov 25 '21 at 22:50
maybe the error is due to importing your module twice. have you consider using `importlib.reload()` [How do I unload (reload) a Python module?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/437589/how-do-i-unload-reload-a-python-module) — chickity china chinese chicken, Nov 25 '21 at 22:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '21 at 08:52

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Hello you can reload a already imported package by using the reload function in the importlib package docs here

answered Nov 26 '21 at 08:52

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