Python os.chdir() Method

Description

The method chdir() changes the current working directory to the given path.It returns None in all the cases.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for chdir() method

os.chdir(path)

Parameters

• path -- This is complete path of the directory to be changed to a new location.

Return Value

This method does not return any value.

Example

The following example shows the usage of chdir() method.

#!/usr/bin/python
import os

path = "/usr/tmp"

# Check current working directory.
retval = os.getcwd()
print "Current working directory %s" % retval

# Now change the directory
os.chdir( path )

# Check current working directory.
retval = os.getcwd()

print "Directory changed successfully %s" % retval

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Current working directory /usr
Directory changed successfully /usr/tmp