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

I have made a function to use when running python under IIS in CGI in order to get the current folder:

import os 
   def getLocalFolder():
        path=str(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))).split('\\')
        return path[len(path)-1]