Python Os.system() Call Runs In Incorrect Directory

My coworker is having trouble with a Python install. When running the code below, from 'C:\my\folder\', 'C:\' is returned instead of the current working directory. When I or anyo

Solution 1:

you could also try something like this

os.chdir("C:\\to\\my\\folder")
printos.system("echo %CD%")
raw_input()

also to get the current working directory i use a different approach

cur_dir = os.path.abspath(".")

Solution 2:

os.getcwd() isn't guarenteed to get the location of your script when it is called. Your coworker might be calling the script a different way or his computer (for some reason) handles the current working directory differently.

To get the actual script location you should use the following:

import osos.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

As an example I wrote getcwd and the above line in the same script and ran it from C:\.

Results:

C:\>python C:\Users\pies\Desktop\test.pyC:\Users\pies\DesktopC:\

It depends on what your real purpose for this script is, whether you actually need the current working directory, or just the current scripts directory. As a little caveat this call will return a different directory if you call a script from script which then uses this call.