How to get an absolute file path in Python

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Given a path such as  mydir myfile txt   how do I find the file s absolute path relative to the current working directory in Python  E g  on Windows  I might end up with    C  example cwd mydir myfile txt

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In case someone is using python and linux and looking for full path to file    gt  gt  gt  path os popen  readlink -f file   read    gt  gt  gt  print path abs path to file

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Today you can also use the unipath package which was based on path py  http   sluggo scrapping cc python unipath    gt  gt  gt  from unipath import Path  gt  gt  gt  absolute path   Path  mydir myfile txt   absolute   Path  C   example  cwd  mydir  myfile txt    gt  gt  gt  str absolute path  C   example  cwd  mydir  myfile txt  gt  gt  gt    I would recommend using this package as it offers a clean interface to common os path utilities

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This always gets the right filename of the current script  even when it is called from within another script  It is especially useful when using subprocess   import sys os  filename   sys argv 0    from there  you can get the script s full path with    gt  gt  gt  os path abspath filename    foo bar script py    It also makes easier to navigate folders by just appending     as many times as you want to go  up  in the directories  hierarchy    To get the cwd    gt  gt  gt  os path abspath filename          foo bar    For the parent path    gt  gt  gt  os path abspath filename             foo    By combining       with other filenames  you can access any file in the system

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Install a third-party path module  found on PyPI   it wraps all the os path functions and other related functions into methods on an object that can be used wherever strings are used   gt  gt  gt  from path import path  gt  gt  gt  path  mydir myfile txt   abspath    C   example  cwd  mydir  myfile txt

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import os os path abspath os path expanduser os path expandvars PathNameString      Note that expanduser is necessary  on Unix  in case the given expression for the file  or directory  name and location may contain a leading    the tilde refers to the user s home directory   and expandvars takes care of any other environment variables  like  HOME

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gt  gt  gt  import os  gt  gt  gt  os path abspath  mydir myfile txt    C  example cwd mydir myfile txt    Also works if it is already an absolute path    gt  gt  gt  import os  gt  gt  gt  os path abspath  C  example cwd mydir myfile txt    C  example cwd mydir myfile txt

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You could use the new Python 3 4 library pathlib   You can also get it for Python 2 6 or 2 7 using pip install pathlib   The authors wrote   The aim of this library is to provide a simple hierarchy of classes to handle filesystem paths and the common operations users do over them    To get an absolute path in Windows    gt  gt  gt  from pathlib import Path  gt  gt  gt  p   Path  pythonw exe   resolve    gt  gt  gt  p WindowsPath  C  Python27 pythonw exe    gt  gt  gt  str p   C   Python27  pythonw exe    Or on UNIX    gt  gt  gt  from pathlib import Path  gt  gt  gt  p   Path  python3 4   resolve    gt  gt  gt  p PosixPath   opt python3 bin python3 4    gt  gt  gt  str p    opt python3 bin python3 4    Docs are here  https   docs python org 3 library pathlib html

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Update for Python 3 4  pathlib that actually answers the question   from pathlib import Path  relative   Path  mydir myfile txt   absolute   relative absolute      absolute is a Path object   If you only need a temporary string  keep in mind that you can use Path objects with all the relevant functions in os path  including of course abspath   from os path import abspath  absolute   abspath relative     absolute is a str object

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if you are on a mac   import os upload folder   os path abspath  static img users     this will give you a full path   print upload folder    will show the following path    gt  gt  gt  Users myUsername PycharmProjects OBS static img user

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