Method Name:
os.chdir
Method signature:
os.chdir()
Return Value:
None
Overview:
- The current working directory of a process can be changed dynamically by calling os.chdir().
- The current working directory of a process is a directory that is assigned to the process using which references to any file can be made using it without the need to qualify the whole directory hierarchy.
- The current working directory is also called as the present working directory or simply the working directory.
- The current working directory can be printed using method os.getcwd().
Example:
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import os
print("Current working directory:") print(os.getcwd())
print("Changing the working directory to $Home directory") os.chdir(os.environ['HOME'])
print("The Current working directory now is:") print(os.getcwd()) |
Output:
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Current working directory: /examples/os Changing the working directory to $Home directory The Current working directory now is: /Users/python |