Oct 25, 2017 · @Pooja25 The path must be a string. in addition, chdir expects a directory name, but you are specifying a file.

Jan 10, 2009 · While os.chdir won't change the parent directory, you should note that in some contexts, you can make an alias that uses cd to simulate a script that changes the directory it was called from (not in Python, per se, but you can do multiple instructions with one command, including running a Python script).

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 (where my modules are)?

The problem is that crontab runs the script from a different working directory, so trying to open ./log/bar.log fails. Is there a nice way to tell the script to change the working directory to the script's own directory? I would fancy a solution that would work for any script location, rather than explicitly telling the script where it is.

Dec 27, 2013 · I made a folder on my desktop with the name "headfirstpython" and I need to change my current working directory to that folder and to the sub folder inside of it. I used os.getcwd() to get the curr...

Feb 21, 2014 · In the myproject.py I have to import some txt files and plot them. os.getcwd () gives the directory which python uses. I want to set the directory in which the python file is, as working directory.

Jan 19, 2017 · In the Python 3.6 or above, os.chdir() can deal with Path object directly. In fact, the Path object can replace most str paths in standard libraries. os. chdir (path) Change the current working directory to path. This function can support specifying a file descriptor. The descriptor must refer to an opened directory, not an open file.

Current working directory: os.getcwd() And the __file__ attribute can help you find out where the file you are executing is located. This Stack Overflow post explains everything: How do I get the path of the current executed file in Python?

Jul 15, 2016 · Hence, it's recommended to use relative path from the location of the script. IDEs slightly complicate this because they set their own working directory. In Rstudio, I can easily get around this problem with Rstudio's projects, setting the project's directory to be my script folder. With Python and Spyder, there doesn't seem to be any solution.

Jul 27, 2016 · How do I execute a Python file with the debugger and specify the working directory for the run?