Python: Compute relative path from one directory to another [duplicate]

Answer 1

os.path.relpath() does this for you and is available in Python 2.6 and above.

Answer 2

You can set the relative path using os.path.dirname(file)

os.path.join(os.path.dirname(file), "filename")

Answer 3

You should take a look at: os.path.relpath