Re: Default path for files
In article , Rotwang wrote: > >Hi all, can anybody tell me whether there's a way to change the default >location for files to be opened by open()? I'd like to be able to create >files somewhere other than my Python folder without having to write the >full path in the filename every time. Sorry if this is a stupid >question, I don't know much about programming. from os.path import join BASE = '/path/to/root' f = open(join(BASE, filename)) Trust me, you'll be much happier with this. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ import antigravity -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:08:15 +, Rotwang wrote: > Hi all, can anybody tell me whether there's a way to change the default > location for files to be opened by open()? I'd like to be able to create > files somewhere other than my Python folder without having to write the > full path in the filename every time. Sorry if this is a stupid question, > I don't know much about programming. If you pass a relative pathname to open() (or any other function which expects a filename), it will be interpreted relative to the current directory. Given that the current directory always seems to be the Python directory, and you refer to it as a "folder", I'm guessing that you're running Python on Windows via a shortcut in the Start Menu or on the desktop. In which case, the ideal solution is probably to open the Properties dialog for the shortcut and change the "Start in" field to your "My Documents" directory (or some subdirectory of it). Python itself won't care which directory it starts in. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
En Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:04:48 -0300, Günther Dietrich escribió: Rotwang wrote: Check out http://docs.python.org/library/os.html and the function chdir it is what you are looking for. Thank you. So would adding import os os.chdir() to site.py (or any other module which is automatically imported during initialisation) change the default location to every time I used Python? Don't change the library modules. It would catch you anytime when you expect it least. See for the environment variable PYTHONSTARTUP and the associated startup file. sitecustomize.py would be a better place. PYTHONSTARTUP is only used when running in interactive mode. Anyway, I'd do that explicitely on each script that requires it; after upgrading the Python version, or moving to another PC, those scripts would start failing... -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
Rotwang wrote: >> Check out http://docs.python.org/library/os.html and the function >> chdir it is what you are looking for. > >Thank you. So would adding > >import os >os.chdir() > >to site.py (or any other module which is automatically imported during >initialisation) change the default location to every time I used >Python? Don't change the library modules. It would catch you anytime when you expect it least. See for the environment variable PYTHONSTARTUP and the associated startup file. Best regards, Günther -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
Christian Heimes wrote: Rotwang wrote: import os os.chdir() to site.py (or any other module which is automatically imported during initialisation) change the default location to every time I used Python? First of all you shouldn't alter the site module ever! The optional sitecustomize module exists to make global changes. A library must never change the current working directory. It's up to the application to choose the right working directory. If you mess with the working directory in a library or global module like site you *will* break applications. Python has multiple ways to modify the list of importable locations, either globally, for the current user or the current application. Use them wisely! Christian OK, thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
Rotwang wrote: > import os > os.chdir() > > to site.py (or any other module which is automatically imported during > initialisation) change the default location to every time I used > Python? First of all you shouldn't alter the site module ever! The optional sitecustomize module exists to make global changes. A library must never change the current working directory. It's up to the application to choose the right working directory. If you mess with the working directory in a library or global module like site you *will* break applications. Python has multiple ways to modify the list of importable locations, either globally, for the current user or the current application. Use them wisely! Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
Krister Svanlund wrote: On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Rotwang wrote: Hi all, can anybody tell me whether there's a way to change the default location for files to be opened by open()? I'd like to be able to create files somewhere other than my Python folder without having to write the full path in the filename every time. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't know much about programming. Check out http://docs.python.org/library/os.html and the function chdir it is what you are looking for. Thank you. So would adding import os os.chdir() to site.py (or any other module which is automatically imported during initialisation) change the default location to every time I used Python? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Default path for files
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Rotwang wrote: > Hi all, can anybody tell me whether there's a way to change the default > location for files to be opened by open()? I'd like to be able to create > files somewhere other than my Python folder without having to write the full > path in the filename every time. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't > know much about programming. Check out http://docs.python.org/library/os.html and the function chdir it is what you are looking for. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
