How do I get the full path of the current file s directory

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I want to get the current file s directory path  I tried    gt  gt  gt  os path abspath   file     C   python27  test py    But how can I retrieve the directory s path   For example    C   python27

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Python 3

For the directory of the script being run:

import pathlib
pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute()

For the current working directory:

import pathlib
pathlib.Path().absolute()

Python 2 and 3

For the directory of the script being run:

import os
os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

If you mean the current working directory:

import os
os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())

Note that before and after file is two underscores, not just one.

Also note that if you are running interactively or have loaded code from something other than a file (eg: a database or online resource), __file__ may not be set since there is no notion of "current file". The above answer assumes the most common scenario of running a python script that is in a file.

References

pathlib in the python documentation.
os.path 2.7, os.path 3.8
os.getcwd 2.7, os.getcwd 3.8
what does the __file__ variable mean/do?

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I found the following commands will all return the full path of the parent directory of a Python 3 6 script    Python 3 6 Script      usr bin env python3 6   - - coding  utf-8 - -  from pathlib import Path   Get the absolute path of a Python3 6 script dir1   Path   resolve     Make the path absolute  resolving any symlinks  dir2   Path   absolute    See  RonKalian answer  dir3   Path   file    parent absolute    See  Arminius answer   print f dir1  dir1  ndir2  dir2  ndir3  dir3      Explanation links   resolve     absolute    Path file  parent   absolute

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Let s assume you have the following directory structure  -  main      fold1     fold2     fold3     folders   glob glob  main fold     for fold in folders      abspath   os path dirname os path abspath fold       fullpath   os path join abspath  sch      print fullpath

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Try this   import os dir path   os path dirname os path realpath   file

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import os print os path dirname   file

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To keep the migration consistency across platforms  macOS Windows Linux   try   path   r  s    os getcwd   replace

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If you just want to see the current working directory import os print os getcwd     If you want to change the current working directory os chdir path   path is a string containing the required path to be moved  e g  path    quot C   Users  xyz  Desktop  move here quot

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IPython has a magic command  pwd to get the present working directory  It can be used in following way   from IPython terminal embed import InteractiveShellEmbed  ip shell   InteractiveShellEmbed    present working directory   ip shell magic   pwd     On IPython Jupyter Notebook  pwd can be used directly as following   present working directory    pwd

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In Python 3 x I do   from pathlib import Path  path   Path   file    parent absolute     Explanation    Path   file    is the path to the current file   parent gives you the directory the file is in   absolute   gives you the full absolute path to it    Using pathlib is the modern way to work with paths  If you need it as a string later for some reason  just do str path

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You can use os and os path library easily as follows import os os chdir os path dirname os getcwd      os path dirname returns upper directory from current one  It lets us change to an upper level without passing any file argument and without knowing absolute path  os path dirname os path abspath myfilename

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USEFUL PATH PROPERTIES IN PYTHON    from pathlib import Path       Returns the path of the directory  where your script file is placed     mypath   Path   absolute       print  Absolute path       format mypath         if you want to go to any other file inside the subdirectories of the directory path got from above method     filePath   mypath  data   fuel econ csv      print  File path       format filePath         To check if file present in that directory or Not     isfileExist   filePath exists       print  isfileExist       format isfileExist         To check if the path is a directory or a File     isadirectory   filePath is dir       print  isadirectory       format isadirectory         To get the extension of the file     fileExtension   mypath  data   fuel econ csv      print  File extension       format filePath suffix     OUTPUT  ABSOLUTE PATH IS THE PATH WHERE YOUR PYTHON FILE IS PLACED  Absolute path   D  Study Machine Learning Jupitor Notebook JupytorNotebookTest2 Udacity Scripts Matplotlib and seaborn Part2  File path   D  Study Machine Learning Jupitor Notebook JupytorNotebookTest2 Udacity Scripts Matplotlib and seaborn Part2 data fuel econ csv  isfileExist   True  isadirectory   False  File extension    csv

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System  MacOS  Version  Python 3 6 w  Anaconda  import os  rootpath   os getcwd    os chdir rootpath

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I have made a function to use when running python under IIS in CGI in order to get the current folder   import os     def getLocalFolder            path str os path dirname os path abspath   file      split               return path len path -1

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Using Path is the recommended way since Python 3  from pathlib import Path print  quot File      Path  quot   Path   file    absolute    print  quot Directory Path  quot   Path   absolute      Directory of current working directory  not   file      Documentation  pathlib Note  If using Jupyter Notebook    file   doesn t return expected value  so Path   absolute   has to be used

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IMPORT MODULES import os     CALCULATE FILEPATH VARIABLE filepath   os path abspath          os getcwd      TEST TO MAKE SURE os getcwd   is EQUIVALENT ALWAYS        OR DIFFERENT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES

[python] How do I get the full path of the current file's directory?

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