python get path of a file 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: python file location path

import os

print('getcwd:      ', os.getcwd())
print('__file__:    ', __file__)