How to find current directory and file s directory

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In Python, what commands can I use to find:

  1. the current directory (where I was in the terminal when I ran the Python script), and
  2. where the file I am executing is?
Dec 17, 2020 in Python by Roshni
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To get the full path to the directory a Python file is contained in, write this in that file:

import os 
dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

(Note that the incantation above won't work if you've already used os.chdir() to change your current working directory, since the value of the __file__ constant is relative to the current working directory and is not changed by an os.chdir() call.)


To get the current working directory use

import os
cwd = os.getcwd()

Documentation references for the modules, constants, and functions used above:

  • The os and os.path modules.
  • The __file__ constant
  • os.path.realpath(path) (returns "the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path")
  • os.path.dirname(path) (returns "the directory name of pathname path")
  • os.getcwd() (returns "a string representing the current working directory")
  • os.chdir(path) ("change the current working directory to path")
answered Dec 17, 2020 by Gitika
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