How to get path to folder on system running python script

Question

I want to save some files generated by my program to "<drive_name>\Users\<computer_name>\Documents" folder.

I need the drive and computer name. What would be a neat way to achieve this. I usually get the current working directory and just split the string to get that info but there has to be a better way right?

You could make use of environment variables to get the path to the User folder and the computer name. This might help: stackoverflow.com/questions/4906977/… and learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/usmt/… — majusebetter
– majusebetter, Commented Sep 8, 2022 at 8:46
e.g. os.environ['COMPUTERNAME']. stackoverflow.com/questions/799767/… — majusebetter
– majusebetter, Commented Sep 8, 2022 at 8:52

phi friday · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-08 08:49:17Z

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pathlib is more pythonic.

ex)

In [1]: from pathlib import Path

In [2]: path = Path('~').resolve()

In [3]: path
Out[3]: PosixPath('/home/phi/git/python/etl/~')

just declare path = Path(__file__) in your script.

answered Sep 8, 2022 at 8:49

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