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golu
golu

Reputation: 879

Move up in directory structure

Say I am running a Python script in C:\temp\templates\graphics. I can get the current directory using currDir = os.getcwd(), but how can I use relative path to move up in directories and execute something in C:\temp\config (note: this folder will not always be in C:\)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1559

Answers (3)

lpiner
lpiner

Reputation: 465

>>> os.getcwd()
'/Users/user/code'
>>> os.chdir('..')
>>> os.getcwd()
'/Users/user'

Upvotes: 1

Boken
Boken

Reputation: 5362

Try this one: os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))), "config")

Upvotes: 0

Robᵩ
Robᵩ

Reputation: 168866

It isn't exactly clear what you are trying to do, here are two alternatives:

To change your process's current working directory "up" the path:

os.chdir('../../config')

Or, to open a file using a relative pathname:

with open('../../config/my_config.ini') as cfg_file:
    pass

Of course, if you do change your current working directory, then your open() argument should change, also:

os.chdir('../../config')
with open('my_config.ini') as cfg_file:
    pass

Upvotes: 0

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