How do I determine: the current directory (where I was in the shell when I ran the Python script), and where the Python file I am executing is?

2817 The special variable __file__ contains the path to the current file. From that we can get the directory using either pathlib or the os.path module. Python 3 For the directory of the script being run:

current_working_directory = os.getcwd().split("/") local_working_directory = current_working_directory[len(current_working_directory)-1] this works for me. none of the other …

102 On Python 3.4, the pathlib module was added, and the following code will reliably open a file in the same directory as the current script:

Feb 8, 2011 · Consider the following Python code: import os print os.getcwd() I use os.getcwd() to get the script file's directory location. When I run the script from the command line it gives me the correct …

I would like to see what is the best way to determine the current script directory in Python. I discovered that, due to the many ways of calling Python code, it is hard to find a good solution. Her...

Jun 10, 2009 · Is there a way to return a list of all the subdirectories in the current directory in Python? I know you can do this with files, but I need to get the list of directories instead.

Is there a universal approach in Python, to find out the path to the file that is currently executing? path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])) This does not work if you are running from another …

Jul 9, 2010 · How can I list all files of a directory in Python and add them to a list?

Your answer is correct but convoluted; os.path.dirname is the function for this, like a+=5-4 is more convoluted than a+=1. The question requested only the parent directory, not whether is exists or the …