os.path.basename code example

Example 1: python get base directory

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

Example 2: python join paths

import os

# Join paths using OS import. Takes any amount of arguments
path = os.path.join('/var/www/public_html', './app/', ".\\my_file.json")

print(path) # /var/www/public_html/app/myfile.json

Example 3: file base name and extension python

from pathlib import Path

Path('/root/dir/sub/file.ext').stem