Open file from path relative to the system root python

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Is there a way to use the Open() function with an absolute path? I would like to open any file wherever it is on the disk, but Open() sets it's working directory to the location of the file by default, can I change this?

What Open() function are you talking about? Do you mean the standard open() function? — CryptoFool
– CryptoFool, Commented Feb 27, 2021 at 21:02
As long as you pass an absolute path to open(), the working directory is irrelevant. It is only used to turn a provided relative path into an absolute path. — CryptoFool
– CryptoFool, Commented Feb 27, 2021 at 21:04
Sorry, I was assigning the file path with a variable through a function call, when I surrounded it by an str(), for some reason it worked, thank you :) — MattK
– MattK, Commented Feb 27, 2021 at 21:06

PotentialStyx · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-27 21:00:53Z

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If you are on linux you would need to add a / to the beginning of the path, for example to access /tmp/someFile.txt you would do open("/tmp/someFile.Txt"). This works because / references the root.

On windows (this has not been tested) i before you would do open("C:/someFile.txt").

The docs for the open function can be found at: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open

answered Feb 27, 2021 at 21:00

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