os.path.abspath('file1.txt') doesn't return the correct path
path, python
Solution
`os.path.abspath(filename)` returns an absolute path as seen from your current working directory. It does no checking whether the file actually exists.
If you want the absolute path of `/home/bentley4/Desktop/sc/file1.txt` and you are in `/home/bentley4` you will have to use `os.path.abspath("Desktop/sc/file1.txt")`.
Problem
Say the path of the file 'file1.txt' is `/home/bentley4/Desktop/sc/file1.txt` Say my current working directory is `/home/bentley4` ``` import os os.path.abspath('file1.txt') ``` returns `/home/bentley4/file1.txt` ``` os.path.exists('file1.txt') ``` returns `False`. If I do ``` os.path.abspath('file_that_does_not_exist.txt') ``` It returns `/home/bentley4/file_that_does_not_exist.txt` But again, this is not correct. The file does not even exist on my computer. Is there a way to get the correct absolute path from any directory I am currently working in? (aside from defining a new function) So this only works when I am in the same directory as the existing file or in the directory one directory or more further from the path of the directory of that file?