get the path of a file python code example

Example 1: get full path of file python

>>> import os
>>> os.path.abspath("mydir/myfile.txt")
'C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt'

Example 2: find the path to a file python

import os
print os.path.abspath("something.exe")

Example 3: get path from file path python

>>> import os
>>> os.path.split(os.path.abspath(existGDBPath))
('T:\\Data\\DBDesign', 'DBDesign_93_v141b.mdb')