get script directory name - Python [duplicate]

Question

I know I can use this to get the full file path

os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

But I want just the name of the folder, my scrip is in. SO if I have my_script.py and it is located at

/home/user/test/my_script.py

I want to return "test" How could I do this?

Thanks

Mohican

The answer is here. link – Nikolos

Answer 1

import os
os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))

Broken down:

currentFile = __file__  # May be 'my_script', or './my_script' or
                        # '/home/user/test/my_script.py' depending on exactly how
                        # the script was run/loaded.
realPath = os.path.realpath(currentFile)  # /home/user/test/my_script.py
dirPath = os.path.dirname(realPath)  # /home/user/test
dirName = os.path.basename(dirPath) # test

Encephalography

+1 os.path.basename(os.getcwd()) also works if you care only for the directory you run the script from. – Advert

Answer 2

>>> import os
>>> os.getcwd()

Rudderpost

That would return /home/user/test/, not test. – Dogtooth

Actually, if you were to call your script from another directory (cd /home/user; python test/my_script.py) it will not even return that. It will return the directory that you are in (in the example: /home/user/) – Encephalography

@Encephalography But the OP did ask to get current working directory which means the current directory that you are in when you ran the interpreter. So os.getcwd does exactly that. – Majesty

@Majesty To quote the OP, "But I want just the name of the folder, my scrip is in. SO if I have my_script.py and it is located at /home/user/test/my_script.py I want to return 'test'". Although the title of the question is "get current directory", that is not what the OP wanted. – Encephalography

this just returns current working directory. So whichever location you're calling your python script from is going to be returned. @Majesty so yes, cwd() doesn't solve the issue because OP just wanted first level path of the parent directory and not everything starting all the way from root aka '/' – Alsup

it is amazing how many wrong answers like this are floating around. op didn't ask for cwd – Emileeemili

Answer 3

Just write

import os
import os.path
print( os.path.basename(os.getcwd()) )

Hope this helps...

Bukharin