Change cwd in the underlying shell from Python script?
ben at co.and.co
ben at co.and.co
Tue Apr 24 06:15:23 EDT 2001
Joakim Hove <hove at phys.ntnu.no> wrote:
> bash:/original/path$ myscript.py
>
> [The Python script goes through a "serious calculation", and finds
> the new path "/new/path/to/where/I/want/tobe".
>
> When the script is finished the cwd of the underlying shell has
> been changed to this new path.]
>
> bash:/new/path/to/where/I/want/tobe$
>
> Is something like this possible?
No. The cwd is a property of a process. You can change directories
anywhere you want in your Python script, but it won't influence the
parent process (bash).
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