how to get file relative path with pythons os - django python

Question

I am getting all file names under directory dir:

files = os.listdir(dir)

and after rendering file names to template, i am showing them in template like this:

{% for each in files %}
<li>
  <a href="{{each}}" target="_blank">{{each}}</a>
<li>
{% endfor %}

I want that If i click on filename, the file should be opened in new window. but here the problem is that files = os.listdir(dir) returns only file names and not its relative path. how do i get the path also?

can you send the path to the template in another variable? ... <a href="{{path}}/{{each}}" ... — jcfollower
– jcfollower, Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 17:55
@jcfollower, how to get the path is my problem now. i am able to get absolute path with C://... but i need the relative path — doniyor
– doniyor, Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 18:11
Once you have the absolute path, can't you just use the last part of it as the relative path? — jcfollower
– jcfollower, Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 18:20

ThinkChaos · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-17 17:53:44Z

1

Add a '/' to tell the browser to start from the site's root. Also, opening the link in a new window should be HTML:

<a href="/{{each}}" target="_blank">{{each}}</a>

Edit:

files = [os.path.join(dir, f) for f in files]

edited Sep 17, 2013 at 17:53

answered Sep 17, 2013 at 17:33

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4 Comments

doniyor Over a year ago

thanks, but {{each}} is filename, i need to get the path of those files, any idea?

ThinkChaos Over a year ago

@doniyor I added that to the response

doniyor Over a year ago

Thanks, but this gives the absolute path, absolute path gives some errors in chrome etc... how can i get the relative path so that i can open it?

ThinkChaos Over a year ago

@doniyor relative to start_dir would be os.path.relpath(os.path.join(dir, f), start=start_dir)

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