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MattK
MattK

Reputation: 26

Open file from path relative to the system root python

Is there a way to use the Open() function with an absolute path? I would like to open any file wherever it is on the disk, but Open() sets it's working directory to the location of the file by default, can I change this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 346

Answers (1)

PotentialStyx
PotentialStyx

Reputation: 442

If you are on linux you would need to add a / to the beginning of the path, for example to access /tmp/someFile.txt you would do open("/tmp/someFile.Txt"). This works because / references the root.

On windows (this has not been tested) i before you would do open("C:/someFile.txt").

The docs for the open function can be found at: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open

Upvotes: 1

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