How do I refer to the current directory in functions from the Python 'os' module?

Question

I want to use the function os.listdir(path) to get a list of files from the directory I'm running the script in, but how do I say the current directory in the "path" argument?

Answer 1

Use os.curdir, and then if you want a full path you can use other functions from os.path:

import os
print os.path.abspath(os.curdir)

Answer 2

You can also use the getcwd() function

os.getcwd()
>>> 'C:\\Python25'

Answer 3

You'd typically use os.listdir('.') for this purpose. If you need a standard module, the variable os.curdir is available.