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Re: Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ?

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On 09/09/2012 03:22 PM, iMath wrote:
> Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ?
> 

Python 3.2.3 (default, May  3 2012, 15:51:42)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
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>>> import os
>>> os.getcwd()
'/home/tjol'
>>> os.curdir
'.'
>>>


No.


Both refer to the current directory, but os.curdir is not an absolute
path, so you can't chdir() to it later and expect to land it the
original directory.

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Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ? iMath <redstone-cold@163.com> - 2012-09-09 06:22 -0700
  Re: Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-09 13:38 +0000
  Re: Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ? Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2012-09-09 15:39 +0200
    Re: Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ? iMath <redstone-cold@163.com> - 2012-09-26 23:26 -0700
    Re: Does os.getcwd() and os.curdir have the same effect ? iMath <redstone-cold@163.com> - 2012-09-26 23:26 -0700

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