On Sep 6, 10:19 am, rave247 rave247 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I' am unable to solve this problem. I've got python program, it is installed > in standard location. I run this program from some location X (note that I > just type relative "myscript", leaving operating system to look up script > itself using PATH variable) and this program somewhere in the code calls > os.chdir() to change it is current working directory and I would need in > python code to get the *original* directory location *after* os.chdir() is > performed. This means the location X from which script was performed - it is > the location I am in after script is finished. > > Thanks for any help
One of the best portable ones that I've seen used is this: os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]),'.')) I've used it myself and it works for my needs. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
