Python os.getcwdu() Method

Description

The method getcwdu() returns a unicode object representing the current working directory.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for getcwdu() method

os.getcwdu()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns a unicode object representing the current working directory.

Example

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

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# First go to the "/var/www/html" directory
os.chdir("/var/www/html" )

# Print current working directory
print "Current working dir : %s" % os.getcwdu()

# Now open a directory "/tmp"
fd = os.open( "/tmp", os.O_RDONLY )

# Use os.fchdir() method to change the dir
os.fchdir(fd)

# Print current working directory
print "Current working dir : %s" % os.getcwdu()

# Close opened directory.
os.close( fd )

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

Current working dir : /var/www/html
Current working dir : /tmp