Oct 25, 2017 · How to set the current working directory? [duplicate] Asked 15 years, 11 months ago Modified 2 years, 10 months ago Viewed 1.3m times

While os.chdir won't change the parent directory, you should note that in some contexts, you can make an alias that uses cd to simulate a script that changes the directory it was called from …

The problem is that crontab runs the script from a different working directory, so trying to open ./log/bar.log fails. Is there a nice way to tell the script to change the working directory to the …

Jul 27, 2016 · How do I execute a Python file with the debugger and specify the working directory for the run?

Mar 28, 2013 · This runs windows command line, changes to your working directory, and runs the ipython notebook pointed at that directory. Drop one of these in each project folder and you'll …

Jun 26, 2019 · The first setting sets the working directory to the python file path only if it is run in the terminal. However, the working directory will revert to the root directory if the code is run in …

I am using Python 3.2 on Windows 7. When I open the Python shell, how can I know what the current directory is? How can I change it to another directory (where my modules are)?

Some scripts/tools may rely on you being in the given directory while invoking them. To make this code less noisy, aka detach the logic related to changing directories from the "business logic", …

Feb 21, 2014 · In the myproject.py I have to import some txt files and plot them. os.getcwd () gives the directory which python uses. I want to set the directory in which the python file is, as …

Dec 24, 2016 · A child process can't change its parent's working directory (normally). Running cd .. in a child shell process using subprocess won't change your parent Python script's working …