Create demo and training videos easily with Video Folder for macOS!pathlib (Python 3.4 and Up)To get the file path of the current Python script:
from pathlib import Path script_path = Path( __file__ ).absolute() print( script_path )
1 2 3 4 5 | from pathlib import Path script_path = Path( __file__ ).absolute() print( script_path ) |
If you want the path of the directory that the current Python script file is in:
from pathlib import Path script_dir = Path( __file__ ).parent.absolute() print( script_dir )
1 2 3 4 5 | from pathlib import Path script_dir = Path( __file__ ).parent.absolute() print( script_dir ) |
os.pathTo get the file path of the current Python script:
import os script_path = os.path.abspath( __file__ ) print( script_path )
1 2 3 4 5 | import os script_path = os.path.abspath( __file__ ) print( script_path ) |
If you want the path of the directory that the current Python script file is in:
import os script_dir = os.path.abspath( os.path.dirname( __file__ ) ) print( script_dir )
1 2 3 4 5 | import os script_dir = os.path.abspath( os.path.dirname( __file__ ) ) print( script_dir ) |
__file____file__ is an attribute (special variable) set by Python in modules that are loaded from files (usually, but not required to be, files that have the .py extension). The attribute is not set when you're running code inside a Python shell (the python or python3 command line program), in a Jupyter notebook, or in other cases where the module is not loaded from a file.
Although we could use __file__ by itself:
print( __file__ )
print( __file__ )
it is not guaranteed to be an absolute path (i.e., it may be a relative path). The pathlib.Path.absolute() or os.path.abspath call ensures that it is an absolute path.
__file__ is always an absolute path "by default, with the sole exception of __main__.__file__ when a script has been executed directly using a relative path." See Other Language Changes — What's New in Python 3.4.