How do I get the full path of the current file's directory?

Question

I want to get the current file\'s directory path. I tried:

>>> os.path.abspath(__file__)
\'C:\\\\python27\\\\test.py\'

But how can

Answer 1

You can use os and os.path library easily as follows

import os
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.getcwd()))

os.path.dirname returns upper directory from current one. It lets us change to an upper level without passing any file argument and without knowing absolute path.