os.system("dir") not working after changing directory via os.chdir()

Asked Aug 08 '19 at 07:09

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Problem

os.system("dir") not working after changing directory via os.chdir()

Code

os.system("dir") # Works here
print(os.getcwd())
os.chdir("..")
print(os.getcwd())
os.system("dir") # Does not works here

Output

C:\Folder1\Folder2
Volume in drive C is Windows_OS
Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000

Directory of C:\Folder1\Folder2

08/08/2019  12:14 PM    <DIR>          .
08/08/2019  12:14 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/08/2019  12:14 PM    <DIR>          Files.txt

C:\Folder1
The system cannot find the path specified.

asked Aug 08 '19 at 07:09

Krishnakanth Alagiri

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this does not issue with python. check here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33638281/what-is-the-reason-for-the-error-message-system-cannot-find-the-path-specified – Adiii Aug 08 '19 at 07:28
but that doesn't help my case. If the series of commands used above is done in cmd. Then, it executes all fine. – Krishnakanth Alagiri Aug 08 '19 at 07:43
It only does not work if implemented in Python – Krishnakanth Alagiri Aug 08 '19 at 07:43
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Which Python version? Does `os.listdir(".")` work after `os.chdir("..")`? – Eryk Sun Aug 08 '19 at 07:49
Cannot reproduce that, it works as expected (Windows 7, Python 2.7). Do you have sufficient access privileges to the parent directory? – aschipfl Aug 08 '19 at 10:58

os.system("dir") not working after changing directory via os.chdir()

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