def main():
fh = open('lines.txt')
for line in fh.readlines():
print(line)
if __name__ == "__main__": main()
Directory files
I am on for-working.py file, and am trying to access the lines.txt file within the same working directory. But I get error
No such file or directory: 'lines.txt'
Does python need to have an absolute path when opening files?
why doesn't this relative path work here?
Running python 3.6
EDIT ^1 I'm running visualstudio code with the python package extension by Don Jayamanne, and "Code Runner" package to compile/execute python code
EDIT ^2 Full error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\www\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT(1)\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT\Exercise Files\07 Loops\for-working.py", line 11, in
if __name__ == "__main__": main()
File "c:\www\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT(1)\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT\Exercise Files\07 Loops\for-working.py", line 7, in main
fh = open('lines.txt', 'r')
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lines.txt'
EDIT ^3 checking sys.path
import sys
print(sys.path)
produces this information:
['c:\\www\\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT(1)\\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT\\Exercise Files\\07 Loops',
'C:\\Users\\Kagerjay\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\python36.zip', 'C:\\Users\\Kagerjay\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\DLLs', 'C:\\Users\\Kagerjay\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\lib', 'C:\\Users\\Kagerjay\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36', 'C:\\Users\\Kagerjay\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\lib\\site-packages']
EDIT ^4 checking os.getcwd()
Running
import os
print(os.getcwd())
Produces
c:\www\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT(1)\Ex_Files_Python_3_EssT\Exercise Files
Well its definitely not in the right subdirectory (needs to cd 07 loops folder, that narrows the issue down
EDIT ^5 what is in lines.txt file
My lines.txt file i am opening looks like this. No extra whitespace or anything at start
01 This is a line of text
02 This is a line of text
03 This is a line of text
04 This is a line of text
05 This is a line of text
IN SUMMARY
Visual studio code's Code runner extension needs to be tweaked slightly to open files within a subdirectory so any of the below answers would provide a more robust solution to be independent of any extension / dependencies with the IDE
import os
print(os.getcwd())
Is most useful for diagnosing problem to the current directory python interpreter sees
解决方案
Get the directory of the file, and join it with the file you want to open:
def main():
dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
lines = os.path.join(dir_path, "lines.txt")
fh = open(lines)
for line in fh.readlines():
print(line)
if __name__ == "__main__": main()