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From here: Find current directory and file's directory

I tried in spyder (Python IDE): 

dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('__file__'))

and:

cwd = os.getcwd()

I only get like just the user directory and not the location of my source file where I'm coding

My source code is here:

C:\Users\username\test\testerrr\test.py

I only get:

C:\Users\username

I use: 

os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('__file__'))

and not:

os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

else I get this:

os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-18-98004a18344a>", line 1, in <module>
    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

NameError: name '__file__' is not defined

Well, it seems that's works only when we run its through shell.

pr_charlatan
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Try this:

dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

not '__file__'. It should be __file__

Ishara Madhawa
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Remove the quotes '__file__' should be __file__.

What you are getting from os.path.realpath('__file__') is $CWD/__file__ which is not what you want. That is why you get $CWD when you call os.path.dirname on that result.

Dan D.
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