Python Program to Get the Full Path of the Current Working Directory – 2024

Hey guys, in this blog we will see a Python Program to Get the Full Path of the Current Working Directory.

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Example 1: Using pathlib module

import pathlib

# path of the given file
print(pathlib.Path("my_file.txt").parent.absolute())

# current working directory
print(pathlib.Path().absolute())

Output

C:\Users\ashar\OneDrive\Desktop\Python Tutorials
C:\Users\ashar\OneDrive\Desktop\Python Tutorials

To get the full path of the given file we have used pathlib.Path(“my_file.txt”).parent.absolute().
And to get the full path of the current working directory we have used pathlib.Path().absolute().

Example 2: Using the os module

import os

# path of the given file
print(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath("my_file.txt")))

# current working directory
print(os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()))

Output

C:\Users\ashar\OneDrive\Desktop\Python Tutorials
C:\Users\ashar\OneDrive\Desktop\Python Tutorials

In this example we have used os.path.dirname(‘filename’) to get the path of the filename.
In this example we have used os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()) to get the path of the current working directory.

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