How to set the current working directory?

Question

How to set the current working directory in Python?

Solution 1

Try os.chdir

os.chdir(path)

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

Solution 2

Perhaps this is what you are looking for:

import os
os.chdir(default_path)

Solution 3

import os
print os.getcwd()  # Prints the current working directory

To set the working directory:

os.chdir('c:\\Users\\uname\\desktop\\python')  # Provide the new path here

Solution 4

It work for Mac also

import os
path="/Users/HOME/Desktop/Addl Work/TimeSeries-Done"
os.chdir(path)

To check working directory

os.getcwd()

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