Receiving 'NAMEERROR:name' when I try and execute my code in DEBUG mode

[Dave Angel]

On 18/10/2013 13:02, telconstar99 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hey John,
>
> Thanks for the response. I really don't know why I didn't think about that. I decided to add the following statement:
>
> print root
>
> When I RUN, this is what I get:
> C:\My Documents\Netbeans\Mytests
>
> When I debug, this is what I get:
> C:\Program Files
>
> Having these two directories as different directories is a problem. Any thoughts on how to detect the runtime CWD? C:\Program Files is a pretty unhelpful CWD.

import os
xxx = os.getcwd()

will fetch the current directory.  Similary, you can change it with
os.chdir()

It is usually better to do one of two things:

1) make the environment set the current directory - fix the debugger

2) use absolute paths throughout the code.

One reason that chdir() is discouraged is that it's not clear what part
of the code will still be using the original cwd, even though you
think you've changed it. For example, I don't believe that sys.path is
re-evaluated.

Another reason is that on Windows, you have the strange characteristic
that there are multiple current directories, one per drive.

Most IDE's can set the current directory in the project settings, so
that it'll always be the same when you run a given program.  I don't
know about Netbeans.

-- 
DaveA