Sounds simple, but I can't seem to find any info on how to get the name of the current take with python (or hscript, for that matter). Anyone know how to go about this?

Thanks!

It looks that you are out of luck:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini12.0/hom/hou/Take [sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini12.0/hom/hou/takes [sidefx.com]

according to: http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini12.0/commands/takeset [sidefx.com] the variable $ACTIVETAKE lists the current take. In python you should be able to do:
import os
os.getenv('ACTIVETAKE')
or something along those lines – I don't have it open to test at the moment.

With Houdini variables, os.environ isn't reliable/useful. ACTIVETAKE kind of works given how early it is set by Houdini, however it breaks down soon afterwards. Creating a new take and switching to it will leave the value incorrect. You should use hou.expandString() instead.
>>> os.environ.get(“ACTIVETAKE”)
'Main'
>>> hou.expandString(“$ACTIVETAKE”)
'take1'

Sweet, thx for the clarification. I knew there was another way to grab houdini variables, just couldn't think of it.

graham
With Houdini variables, os.environ isn't reliable/useful. ACTIVETAKE kind of works given how early it is set by Houdini, however it breaks down soon afterwards. Creating a new take and switching to it will leave the value incorrect. You should use hou.expandString() instead.
>>> os.environ.get(“ACTIVETAKE”)
'Main'
>>> hou.expandString(“$ACTIVETAKE”)
'take1'

THANKS.this just saved my after banging my head against the screen for 2 hours!! .. what I don't understand is *why* suddenly is.environ didn't work anymore! (in my case that was the culprit variable)

but anyway… Thanks! .. now I can go home.