[888] How to get the directory of the current Python file

ref: Get the path of the current file (script) in Python: __file__

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To get the directory of the current Python file, you can use the os.path module in combination with the __file__ attribute. Here's how you can do it:

import os
 
# Get the directory of the current Python file
current_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
print("Directory of the current file:", current_directory)

In this code:

• __file__ is a built-in attribute in Python that represents the path to the current Python script.
• os.path.abspath(__file__) obtains the absolute path to the current Python script.
• os.path.dirname() extracts the directory part from the absolute path.

After running this code, current_directory will contain the directory of the current Python file. You can then use this directory for various purposes, such as reading or writing files in the same directory.

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__file__ stores the path of the current script file

Create a Python script file (file_path.py) in the subdirectory (data/src).

import os
 
print('getcwd:      ', os.getcwd())
print('__file__:    ', __file__)

source: file_path.py

Execute this file with the python (or python3) command.

python3 data/src/file_path.py
# getcwd:       /Users/mbp/Documents/my-project/python-snippets/notebook
# __file__:     data/src/file_path.py

source: file_path_bash.sh