absolute path for file not working properly python

Question

basically, I'm trying to store the full path for a file in a list but for some reason os.path.abspath() doesnt seem to work properly

files = os.listdir("TRACKER/")
for f in files:
    original_listpaths.append(os.path.abspath(f))

print(original_listpaths)

but my output seems to output this :

'C:\Users\******\Documents\folder\example'

the problem is that it should be :

'C:\Users\******\Documents\folder\TRACKER\example'

the difference is that the second one (the correct one) has the TRACKER included which is the official full path for that file but for some reason my output doesn't include the TRACKER and eliminates it, What's the problem?

Akhilraj Nambiar · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-24 07:32:00Z

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You could try the following code:

files = os.scandir("TRACKER/")
print(files)
original_listpaths = []
for f in files:
    original_listpaths.append(os.path.abspath(f))

print(original_listpaths)
files.close()

answered Jul 24, 2021 at 7:32

Akhilraj Nambiar

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Shavow Over a year ago

worked perfectly, but what's the point of file.close()?

Akhilraj Nambiar Over a year ago

It is used to close the iterator object obtained by os.scandir(). For more details check this link

Aejjee · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-24 07:33:27Z

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You need to change your directory to "TRACKER" first. Just put os.chdir("TRACKER") before the loop starts after files = os.listdir("TRACKER/").

answered Jul 24, 2021 at 7:33

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