How to set the current working directory?

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ricardo picture ricardo · Nov 27, 2009 · Viewed 822.8k times · Source

How to set the current working directory in Python?

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Mark Byers picture Mark Byers · Nov 27, 2009

Try os.chdir

os.chdir(path)

        Change the current working directory to path. Availability: Unix, Windows.

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