What's the working directory when using IDLE?

Question

So, I\'m learning Python and would like to create a simple script to download a file from the internet and then write it to a file. However, I am using IDLE and have no idea

Answer 1

You can check that using os.getcwd():

In [1]: import os

In [2]: os.getcwd()
Out[2]: '/home/monty'

In [7]: os.chdir("codechef")    #change current working directory

In [8]: os.getcwd()
Out[8]: '/home/monty/codechef'

os.chdir():

In [4]: os.chdir?
Type:       builtin_function_or_method
String Form:
Docstring:
chdir(path)

os.getcwd():

Change the current working directory to the specified path.

In [5]: os.getcwd?
Type:       builtin_function_or_method
String Form:
Docstring:
getcwd() -> path

Return a string representing the current working directory.