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Luis Gonzalez
Luis Gonzalez

Reputation: 105

How to open a file from python with the name only?

I know that this question may be silly, and I am OK with that since I am at a rookie level. I would like to know whether there is a way to open a file in python by entering only its name , e.g open(mbox.txt) instead of open(C:\Python27\mbox.txt)??

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 184

Answers (2)

saikumarm
saikumarm

Reputation: 1575

Python looks for file you mention, without their complete path, in the following directories listed in sys.path

import sys
for path in sys.path:
     print path

you will get the list of directories in which the python looks for, if you would specify a file in a different directory than this list, just add the directory name into this and you can specify files in them without complete path.

Correction

The above suggestion does not answer the question, as Jon said it only affects import machinery. To answer your question, change the directory using os module of the python.

import os
os.chdir('to_the_respective_directory')
open('file.txt')

Upvotes: 1

Pedro Lobito
Pedro Lobito

Reputation: 98901

I would like to know whether there is a way to open a file in python by entering only its name

You can open a file without providing the path, as long as the file is located on the same dir as the python script.

Upvotes: 1

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