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# Python os.getcwd() Method

## Description:

This method returns current working directory of a process.

## Syntax:

    os.getcwd()

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- NA

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python

    import os, sys

    # First go to the "/var/www/html" directory
    os.chdir("/var/www/html" )

    # Print current working directory
    print "Current working dir : %s" % os.getcwd()

    # Now open a directory "/tmp"
    fd = os.open( "/tmp", os.O_RDONLY )

    # Use os.fchdir() method to change the dir
    os.fchdir(fd)

    # Print current working directory
    print "Current working dir : %s" % os.getcwd()

    # Close opened directory.
    os.close( fd )

This would produce following result:

    Current working dir : /var/www/html
    Current working dir : /tmp

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