Change directory to the directory of a Python script [duplicate]

Answer 1

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) should do it.

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__)) would not work if the script is run from the directory in which it is present.

Answer 2

Sometimes __file__ is not defined, in this case you can try sys.path[0]

Answer 3

on windows OS, if you call something like python somefile.py this os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__)) will throw a WindowsError. But this should work for all cases:

import os
absFilePath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
os.chdir( os.path.dirname(absFilePath) )

Answer 4

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))