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Re: Getting the current directory path and the path where python script is saved

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On 2011-12-13, gialloporpora <gialloporpora@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I would like to create a little script to rename my files, I think to 
> use argparse module to create it.
> I would like to know how to obtain the path where script is executed and 
> the path where the file script is stored.
>
> For example, if I save my script in c:\python27 and I put the
> directory in %path% I can execute it from any folder, I would
> like to get the two directory path.

Current working directory is available with os.getcwd()

The location of the script you are running may be available as
os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]).

-- 
Neil Cerutti

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Getting the current directory path and the path where python script is saved gialloporpora <gialloporpora@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 17:04 +0100
  Re: Getting the current directory path and the path where python script is saved Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-13 16:29 +0000
    Re: Getting the current directory path and the path where python script is saved gialloporpora <gialloporpora@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 22:39 +0100
  Re: Getting the current directory path and the path where python script is saved Thomas Bach <bachth@uni-mainz.de> - 2011-12-13 17:38 +0100

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