How to know the path of the running script in Python?

Question

My script.py creates a temporary file in the same dir as the script.

When running it:

python script.py

it works just file

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Answer 1

You can use the os.getcwd() method to know the current working directory.

Return a string representing the current working directory. Availability: Unix, Windows.

You can use the os.chdir(path) method to change the current working directory.

Change the current working directory to path. Availability: Unix, Windows.