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Python os.fchdir() Method


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Description:

This method change the current working directory to the directory represented by the file descriptor fd. The descriptor must refer to an opened directory, not an open file.

Syntax:

os.fchdir(fd);

Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

  • fd: Directory descriptor.

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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