os.chdir doesnt follow symbolic links

Question

I've written a Python 3.6 script that has the following line in it:

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

I call the script via a symbolic link and

print(os.getcwd())

directly after it gives me the location of the link but I want the cwd to be where the .py file is.

Every search I did brought me to questions where people had the issue that they wanted it the other way around so to not follow the link but that's what it's doing anyway. I'm a bit confused, since my searches gave me the impression that following the link should be the default behavior. Executing the script directly works perfectly.

By the way, this on a Linux machine.

Thanks, didn't know about .realpath. – m_square Nov 07 '17 at 20:36 — m_square, Nov 07 '17 at 20:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '17 at 20:34

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Try This:

import os, inspect

main_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
print(main_path)

answered Nov 07 '17 at 20:34

DRPK

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No, sry.`Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/cor/Desktop/.mylinks/mkenv", line 29, in os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))) NameError: name 'inspect' is not defined` but the linked duplicate did the trick. – m_square Nov 07 '17 at 20:39
oh, didn't see the import inspect. – m_square Nov 07 '17 at 20:42
@m_square: is it ok or not? – DRPK Nov 07 '17 at 20:43
Yes it works but have to wait to accept the answer. – m_square Nov 07 '17 at 20:44

os.chdir doesnt follow symbolic links

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