Getting a path from a file object

[Michael Mabin]

f.name will return the path.  But if you want to guarantee getting the
absolute pathname use os.path.abspath

>>> import os
>>> os.path.abspath(f.name)
'/some/path/file.ext'


On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Andrew Fong <FongAndrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Newbie question:
>
> Let's say I open a new file for writing in a certain path. How do I
> get that path back?
>
> Example:
>
> >>> f = open('/some/path/file.ext')
> >>> some_function(f)
> '/some/path/file.ext'
>
> Does some_function(f) already exist? And if not, how would I define
> it?
>
> -- Andrew
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>



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