Answers for "python set cwd"

get wd in python

import os

path = os.getcwd()

print(path)
# /Users/mbp/Documents/my-project/python-snippets/notebook

print(type(path))
# <class 'str'>

python set cwd to file location

import os

abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
os.chdir(dname)

setwd python

os.chdir("/home/varun/temp")

how to use path to change working directory in python

pip install path
from path import Path

# set working directory
Path("/toWhereYouWantItToBe").cd()

python set cwd to script directory

abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
os.chdir(dname)

python set workspace dir

import os
os.chdir(path)