Python: Retrieve the current working directory and change the dir
Python Operating System Services: Exercise-9 with Solution
Write a Python program to retrieve the current working directory and change the dir (moving up one).
Sample Solution:
Python Code :
import os
print('Current dir:', os.getcwd())
print('\nChange the dir (moving up one):', os.pardir)
os.chdir(os.pardir)
print('Current dir:', os.getcwd())
print('\nChange the dir (moving up one):', os.pardir)
os.chdir(os.pardir)
print('Current dir:', os.getcwd())
Sample Output:
Current dir: /tmp/sessions/a9c74a8fb247929c Change the dir (moving up one): .. Current dir: /tmp/sessions Change the dir (moving up one): .. Current dir: /tmp
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Python: Tips of the Day
Find current directory and file's directory:
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")
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