Change cwd in the underlying shell from Python script?

[ben at co.and.co]

Joakim Hove <hove at phys.ntnu.no> wrote:
> bash:/original/path$ myscript.py
>  
>   [The Python script goes through a "serious calculation", and finds
>    the new path "/new/path/to/where/I/want/tobe".
>  
>    When the script is finished the cwd of the underlying shell has
>    been changed to this new path.]
> 
> bash:/new/path/to/where/I/want/tobe$
> 
> Is something like this possible?

No. The cwd is a property of a process. You can change directories
anywhere you want in your Python script, but it won't influence the
parent process (bash).
 
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