Python windows path

Question

I'm trying to build a path in Python (windows) and frustratingly enough it gives me wrong path every time. The path I'm trying to build is C:\Users\abc\Downloads\directory\[log file name].

So when I use print(os.getcwd()) it returns C:\Users\abc\Downloads\directory which is fine. But when I try to use the os join in python, (os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()),GetServiceConfigData.getConfigData('logfilepath'))) it returns only C:\Logs\LogMain.log and not the desired output. (Path.cwd().joinpath(GetServiceConfigData.getConfigData('logfilepath'))) also returns the same result.

logfilepath is an XML string <add key="logfilepath" value="\Logs\LogMain.log" />

Answer 1

Thanks for all the help, in the end it was solved by removing 1 backslash.

<add key="logfilepath" value="\Logs\LogMain.log" />

to

<add key="logfilepath" value="Logs\LogMain.log" />

Answer 2

Your logfilepath is \Logs\LogMain.log and this is absolute path (without drive), not relative path, and not only filename - so it will not join as you expect.

When you try to join absolute path then it keeps only drive and replaces previous absolute path.

You have to get only filename from \Logs\LogMain.log - ie.

 logfilepath.split('\\')[-1]

to have only LogMain.log and finally get

 C:\Users\abc\Downloads\directory\LogMain.log

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folder = os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())

logfilepath = GetServiceConfigData.getConfigData('logfilepath')
filename = logfilepath.split('\\')[-1]

os.path.join(folder, filename)

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EDIT

If logfilepath is object pathlib.Path like

from pathlib import Path
p = Path('\Logs\LogMain.log')

then you may get only filename using

p.name