[Tutor] A question about sys.argv

[Joel Goldstick]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Jefferson Ragot <jbr5393 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In a Vista command prompt if I typed this:
>
>         >>> python  somescript.py  filename
>
> Will sys.argv[1] return a valid path or just the filename?
> If it just returns the filename, is there a simple way to get the path?
>
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> Jefferson B. Ragot
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sysargv[1] returns the text following your script.

You can find the current working directory with this:

http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.getcwd



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Joel Goldstick
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