[Tutor] os.getcwd() confusion

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G'day,

I have a comprehension issue here! I have made two simple scripts:

## script1

import os

print os.getcwd()

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## script 2

import os

f = open('test', 'wb')
f.write(os.getcwd())
f.close()

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Both scripts are in my home directory.
Using bash I cd to some other directory and call script 1:
> python ../../script1.py
and I get this result printed to the screen:
> users/scriptdir/dir1/dir2
i.e. the script returns the name of the directory that I'm currently
working in.

However if I call script2:
> python ../../script2.py
I get a result that to me seems inconsistent: the script writes the
directory
that IT is in (i.e., NOT the name of the directory I'm currently working
in),
to the file 'test' in the home directory.

I don't quite understand what is happening here! Any explanation would be
much appreciated.

Cheers,
CSS
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