Running a python file in a directory

Question

This may be a basic question but is there any difference in these two:

First:

cd /dir/
python run.py

Second:

python /dir/run.py

It seems previously executing them in these different ways seemed to cause different results, but it may be down to another factor.

Michał Tabor · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-19 12:12:19Z

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The __file__ variable is set differently so it will have impact on calling resources inside your script (different relative paths).

answered Mar 19, 2014 at 12:12

Michał Tabor

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Also, current working directory as returned by os.getcwd() gets changed.