python get directory path from file path code example

Example 1: get path to current directory python

import os
os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())

Example 2: python get path of file

>>> import os
>>> filepath="/media/rtsuse/some/random/filepath/with/logfile.log"
>>> os.path.dirname(filepath)
'/media/rtsuse/some/random/filepath/with'