Setting directory to path of script

Question

What I would like to do is create a variable homedir that is set to the home folder script. How do I do this? Like say the script is located in C:\blah\, I would want homedir to be assigned to that.

homedir = (current directory)
pdfList = []

def getfiles():
    directory = os.listdir(homedir)
    for file in directory:
        if "pdf" in file:
            pdfList.append(file)

Mark Tolonen · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 18:32:10Z

5

The __file__ module attribute contains the script location, but it may be relative. The file below is c:\test\x.py.

import os
print(__file__)
homedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
print(homedir)

Output:

.\x.py
c:\test

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 18:32

Mark Tolonen

181k26 gold badges182 silver badges278 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

unutbu · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 20:31:03Z

0

homedir = '.'

or

import os
homedir = os.getcwd()

will cause os.listdir(homedir) to list the files (and subdirectories) in the current working directory (i.e. the directory from which the script was executed). Note that this is NOT necessarily the same as the directory which contains the script. For that directory use

import os
homedir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

edited Mar 24, 2013 at 20:31

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 18:27

unutbu

886k197 gold badges1.9k silver badges1.7k bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Setting directory to path of script

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related