go_from_altered_cwd

pyhelpers.dirs.go_from_altered_cwd(dir_name, **kwargs)

Get the full pathname of an altered working directory.

Parameters

• dir_name (str or os.PathLike[str] or bytes or os.Path[bytes]) – name of a directory

• kwargs – [optional] parameters of the function pyhelpers.dir.cd()

Returns

full pathname of an altered working directory (changed from the directory dir_name)

Return type

str

Examples:

>>> from pyhelpers.dirs import go_from_altered_cwd
>>> import os

>>> init_cwd = os.getcwd()
>>> init_cwd
'<cwd>'

>>> # Change the current working directory to "/new_cwd"
>>> new_cwd = "\new_cwd"
>>> os.mkdir(new_cwd)
>>> os.chdir(new_cwd)

>>> # Get the full path to a folder named "tests"
>>> path_to_tests = go_from_altered_cwd(dir_name="tests")
>>> path_to_tests
'<new_cwd>\tests'

>>> # Get the full path to a directory one level above the current working directory
>>> path_to_tests_ = go_from_altered_cwd(dir_name="\tests")
>>> path_to_tests_ == os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.getcwd()), "tests")
True

>>> os.chdir(init_cwd)
>>> os.rmdir(new_cwd)