Question

If I have a file directory like this:

-Proj
   - Proj.py
   - Directory
       - input.txt

and Proj.py wants to read from input.txt, how can I get to it? open() seems to only take an absolute address.

Answer 1

Relative paths are relative to the current working directory, which is usually the directory your shell was in when you invoked the python interpreter.

Use something like

import os
open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Directory', 'input.txt'))