import os os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))) Broken down: currentFile = __file__ # May be ‘my_script’, or ‘./my_script’ or # ‘/home/user/test/my_script.py’ depending on exactly how # the script was run/loaded. realPath = os.path.realpath(currentFile) # /home/user/test/my_script.py dirPath = os.path.dirname(realPath) # /home/user/test dirName = os.path.basename(dirPath) # test
Ok, I’m answering even though you already have accepted an answer. An even better way than to wrap the getcwd call would be to use boost::filesystem, where you get a path object from the current_path() function. The Boost filesystem library allows you to do lots of other useful stuff that you would otherwise need to … Read more
This usually occurs when your current directory does not exist anymore. Most likely, from another terminal you remove that directory (from within a script or whatever). To get rid of this, in case your current directory was recreated in the meantime, just cd to another (existing) directory and then cd back; the simplest would be: … Read more
This error is usually caused by running a command from a directory that no longer exists. Try changing your directory and rerun the command.
You need to call os.path.realpath on __file__, so that when __file__ is a filename without the path you still get the dir path: import os print(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))