Find current directory and file's directory [duplicate]

Answer 1

Answer to #1:

If you want the current directory, do this:

import os
os.getcwd()

If you want just any folder name and you have the path to that folder, do this:

def get_folder_name(folder):
    '''
    Returns the folder name, given a full folder path
    '''
    return folder.split(os.sep)[-1]

Answer to #2:

import os
print os.path.abspath(__file__)