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os.getcwd

os — working directory

Return the current working directory as a str.

Syntax

os.getcwd() -> str

The current directory belongs to the whole process, not a thread or module, so relative paths in a program depend on where it was launched from. For files next to the script pathlib.Path(__file__).parent is more reliable. If the current directory has been deleted, getcwd raises FileNotFoundError.

Examples

import os
print(isinstance(os.getcwd(), str))   # → True
print(type(os.getcwd()))  # → <class 'str'>
start = os.getcwd()  # запомнить текущий каталог

See also

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