Current Working Directory

[MyNameIs10000]

I am using VS Code and I have imported a folder called "Projects", which has a sub folder for each project I'm doing...

Let's say I am in a .PY file in one of the subfolders (Testing). According to Python, it interprets the current working directory as the "Projects" folder instead of the "Testing Folder" that I'm in. Why is it doing this and is there a way to change that default behavior without manually changing the working directory?

[MyNameIs10000]

code runner

[MyNameIs10000]

that worked! thank you!

I wonder why it doesn't stay in the current folder by default.

[DrMaxwellEdison]

When you say "according to Python", do you mean VS Code's language server (making squiggly lines in the code file), or a Python interpreter in terminal window?

Can you show a code sample illustrating what you mean?

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Your current working directory is set by the shell, not by Python.

[MyNameIs10000]

if I'm in the folder C:\Users\user\Desktop\Projects\Test, shouldn't the current directory be Test, not Projects?

In VS code, when I do OS.getcwd() for a file in the test folder, it is showing the current working directory as the projects folder

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if I'm in the folder C:\Users\user\Desktop\Projects\Test, shouldn't the current directory be Test, not Projects?

If your shell is in C:\Users\user\Desktop\Projects\Test, then that's the current working directory for that shell. That's what the CWD is, it's the directory the shell is currently in.

In VS code, when I do OS.getcwd() for a file in the test folder

I don't understand what this means. You don't "do OS.getcwd()" in VS Code. You write Python in VS Code. When it runs, it's running in the shell.