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os.getcwd() - os

             

The method getcwd() returns current working directory of a process.


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Syntax


os.chdir(path)


Example


#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# First go to the "/var/www/html" directory
os.chdir("/var/www/html" )

# Print current working directory
print "Current working dir : %s" % os.getcwd()

# Now open a directory "/tmp"
fd = os.open( "/tmp", os.O_RDONLY )

# Use os.fchdir() method to change the dir
os.fchdir(fd)

# Print current working directory
print "Current working dir : %s" % os.getcwd()

# Close opened directory.
os.close( fd )


Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


Current working dir : /var/www/html Current working dir : /tmp


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