In python, how do I get the full path name of "."?

Question

I tried with:

dir = os.path.dirname(".")

And the return is empty.

Possible duplicate of ["Find current directory and file's directory"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5137497/find-current-directory-and-files-directory) — , Nov 25 '17 at 16:41
Possible duplicate of [Find current directory and file's directory](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5137497/find-current-directory-and-files-directory) — klutt, Nov 25 '17 at 16:42
`dirname` doesn't even look at the file system; it is purely a string operation on a file path that (roughly) drops the part after the last `/`. — chepner, Nov 25 '17 at 16:45

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '17 at 16:41

4

abspath should do the trick:

dir = os.path.abspath('.')

answered Nov 25 '17 at 16:41

Mureinik

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '17 at 16:41

3

Use abspath:

dir = os.path.abspath('.')

or for the current working directory

dir = os.path.getcwd()

answered Nov 25 '17 at 16:41

Daniel

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