On Feb 25, 8:57 pm, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: > music24...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I am new to Python, i have installed python 2.5.4 and it is my > > requirement. > > > I need to retrieve the path of filename in python. > > > I have found some API's to get this: > > > from os.path import realpath > > print realpath("NEWS.txt") # here NEWS.txt exists and it shows the > > path of the file as C:\Python25\WorkSpace\NEWS.txt > > print realpath("abc.txt") # here abc.txt does not exist but still it > > shows C:\Python25\WorkSpace\abc.txt > > > can anybody tell the reason why???? > > > Now took some safety measures: > > > found = lexists(realpath(filename)) > > if found == 0: > > print "Not Found" > > else: > > print realpath(filename) > > > i have given the filename as "NEWS.txt" and "abc.txt" but i am always > > getting the output as "Not Found" > > > Can anyone please tell me where am i doing wrong???? > > It seems pretty apparent that lexists() nevert returns a true result. > > Why not just > > if os.path.exists(filename): > print os.path.realpath(filename) > else: > print "Not found" > > > also any suggestions to retrieve the filepath from a given filename is > > highly appreciated. > > Well, realpath returns the path of the file targeted after any symbolic > links have been evaluated, which may or may not be what you want. Have > you looked at os.path.abspath? > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/
Hi Steve, I have tried your suggested code and also replaced os.path.realpath with os.path.abspath but still getting the same result. I want to know is there any workaround for retrieving the filepaths given only filename Regards, Sudhir -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list