Python prevent os.getcwd() to give lower case results on windows using MKS shell

Question

On Windows if i use MKS toolkit shell, os.getcwd() function returns value in lower case. However on using windows cmd, it returned exact path.

Is it possible in Python by any means for os.getcwd() to return the exact path (without converting to lower case on Windows)?

On my windows machine it doesn't return lowercase strings: `import os; print os.getcwd()`: `C:\\Users\\aaa` — catchmeifyoutry, Jul 20 '12 at 12:48
Which Python version are you using? On 2.x, you should also try `os.getcwdu()` to get the path as `unicode` object. — Sven Marnach, Jul 20 '12 at 13:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '12 at 12:47

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Are you sure about this behavior? It's not documented, seems counter-intuitive, and I'm not able to reproduce it (on Windows 7 using Python 2.7.2):

>>> import os
>>> print os.getcwd()
C:\Users\foofoofoo

Note the capital characters at the start.

answered Jul 20 '12 at 12:47

unwind

Actually i am using mks toolkit shell, on cmd window. it worked fine. Thanks, i'll edit my question – sarbjit Jul 20 '12 at 12:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '12 at 12:16

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Before starting Python and using os.getcwd(), in your console you probably used "cd c:\your_path". It matters if this 'c' is lower or upper.

answered Aug 24 '12 at 12:16

bitman

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