How to get an absolute file path in Python

Question

Given a path such as \"mydir/myfile.txt\", how do I find the file\'s absolute path relative to the current working directory in Python? E.g. on Windows, I might

Answer 1

Install a third-party path module (found on PyPI), it wraps all the os.path functions and other related functions into methods on an object that can be used wherever strings are used:

>>> from path import path
>>> path('mydir/myfile.txt').abspath()
'C:\\example\\cwd\\mydir\\myfile.txt'