change jupyter notebook default directory code example
Example 1: set the root directory when starting jupyter notebooks
# To change the Jupyter Notebooks startup directory:
1. From the command line (shell) run: jupyter notebook --generate-config
2. View the config file at: ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
3. Change the line: c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = '' to
c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = '/path/to/desired/startup/directory'
Example 2: how to set default file directory for jupyter notebook
%cd "C:\abc\xyz\"
Example 3: how to set default file directory for jupyter notebook
import os
os.getcwd()
Out[2]:
'/tmp'
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os.chdir('/')
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os.getcwd()
Out[4]:
'/'
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