Python : how to get path to a folder knowing folder name?

Question

Knowing the name of my folder "folder_name",

how can i easily get in python (script not in the same folder) the absolute path "/home/user/../path/to/../folder_name" ?

please check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3430372/how-do-i-get-the-full-path-of-the-current-files-directory — Peyman Majidi, Aug 31 '20 at 12:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 31 '20 at 12:01

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import os

directory = os.path.dirname(__file__)
file_path = os.path.join(directory, './filename.extension')
print(file_path)

edited Aug 31 '20 at 12:01

Arghya Sadhu

answered Aug 31 '20 at 11:53

nick

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