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Python Python for File Systems Navigation Review: Paths

Rickard Höijer
Rickard Höijer
1,145 Points
Posted by Rickard Höijer
Rickard Höijer
1,145 Points

I can't figure out how to get get to the directory above the one I'm currently in with os.path.join(os.getcwd() Help!

About to give up.

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Rickard,

Kenneth glosses over it a bit, but if you go back to the previous video, you'll see how to do this at 1:18. If you've used a bash terminal, you've probably used ../ to get to the parent directory. In os.path.join, you simply use .. to refer to the parent directory.

Keep coding!

Cheers :beers:

-Greg