Quoting Maryam Saeedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a problem using os.chdir on linux. What should I do if I want to > change to root directory? The below does not work: > > os.chdir("~/dir1")
It is not mentioned in the documentation but I'm pretty sure os.dir() doesn't do tilde expansion since this is usually performed by a shell. You should use instead: os.chdir(os.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'dir1')) Cheers, RB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list