Know change current directory in Python shell

Question

I am using Python 3.2 on Windows 7.

When I open the Python shell, how can I know what the current directory is.

How can I change it to another directory?

Answer 1

This will work 

>>> import os
>>> os.getcwd()
'/home/user'
>>> os.chdir("/tmp/")
>>> os.getcwd()
'/tmp'