Cannot write to file with specified path in Python

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I am working on a script to get my present workind directory, concatenate it to "cd" and write that string to a file. However whenever I try to specify the path I get the following error:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'home/cameron/projects/personal/new_window/last_directory.txt'

import os
import sys
from pathlib import Path

# Get working directory and transform into command string
stream = os.popen('pwd')
output = "cd " + stream.readline()

path = 'home/cameron/projects/personal/new_window/last_directory.txt'

# Open and write command to file
file = open(path,'w')
file.write(output)
file.close()

# Print status
print("Current Directory written:")
print(stream)

Any help would be much appreciated. I'd like to write this command so that when I'm deep in a file tree I can save it's location in the case I need to open another window. Thanks!

use ```os.getcwd()``` to find current working dir. comment what you get — Buddy Bob, Apr 24 '21 at 05:25
Thank you guys! Sid your solution worked. I believe the "r" was a typo right? — Cameron Burley, Apr 24 '21 at 05:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '21 at 05:53

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path likely needs to start with a / for your OS.

The directories in the path must also exist prior to writing. You can make them if they don't yet exist with:

if not os.path.exists(path):
     os.makedirs(path)

answered Apr 24 '21 at 05:53

JASON G PETERSON

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