[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Path Issues

[Bob Ippolito]

On Nov 3, 2003, at 3:44 PM, Joshua Tompkins wrote:

> Bob Ippolito wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 3, 2003, at 3:28 PM, Joshua Tompkins wrote:
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>>> Yes, I'm using the open() builtin function.
>>
>>
>> Are you using it from an application bundle?  an app opened via 
>> LaunchServices (Finder, the open command) will have a getcwd() of / 
>> when it starts.  Try "print os.getcwd()" to see where the cwd is.
>>
>> -bob
>>
>>
> I'm running Python by typing "python" from the Terminal.
>
> os.getcwd() returns "/Users/joshua" (with that capitalization).

What is the line of code that you're trying?

open("~/source/python/file") does not work

you need to do

open(os.path.expanduser("~/source/python/file"))

if you want to use tilde expansion.

-bob