os.getcwd() for a different drive in Windows

Question

According to http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html

\"On Windows, there is a current directory for each drive\"

This is giv

Answer 1

I believe that the section you are reading that from is worded poorly. There is only one current working directory for your python session, and you get it from os.getcwd(). You can use os.chdir(r'F:\') to change directories to your F drive.

The part that that quote is referencing is relating to the os.path.join method. It means that passing a first argument of 'C:' instead of r'C:\', you will get the incorrect path (namely C:path instead of C:\\path).