🔒 FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory but file exists

[flint ermine]

Just need help setting a path for this, I've attached the image at hand, don't know which commands to run.

[silver lava]

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[blissful shell]

Try os.path.join of your base directory

Something like this:

import os

drive = "C:" # (this would be different for linux or mac) 
base_dir = "Users"
username = "yourname"
project_folder = "projectname"
filename = "yourfilename.txt"

# Join all parts to create the full path
file_path = os.path.join(drive, base_dir, username, project_folder, filename)

# Open the file using the constructed path
with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
    content = file.read()
    print(content)```

[winter isle]

Is the file you want located in the same directory as the Python file you're running?

[flint ermine]

It is yes

[winter isle]

from pathlib import Path

myfile = Path(__file__).parent / "filename.json"
with open(myfile) as file:
    ...

__file__ gives the absolute path to the current Python module. pathlib.Path.parent can then give the directory containing that file.

The rest joins your filename onto that directory, giving the correct absolute path to the file

[flint ermine]

I'll try this

and I don't need to replace that part with anything?

[winter isle]

Just the name of the file in question. 🙂
__file__ is a special variable, so that part is literal.

[flint ermine]

Ah okay, glad to know that

[winter isle]

Why the original code might have had an issue is because a plain filename is joined relative to the current working directory, which might be a different one from the directory containing the source code.

Things get wonky that way. Building an absolute path this way is much more consistent.

[flint ermine]

Did I write this correctly?

[rugged egret]

You probably want to use an IDE to write your code. It'll give you nice syntax highlighting and generally make programming much more comfortable

Most people use VsCode or Pycharm

[flint ermine]

Used one and I tried it got this

What should I change?

Here is what I wrote

[lofty brook]

did this not work which is why tried adding that C: ?

[flint ermine]

Oh

I'll try that

Yeah it's not working

[lofty brook]

what did u try and how u running this

and wdym it didnt work

[flint ermine]

I'm running this through Python

Through my command terminal

And what I mean by it didn't work is that I tried opening the file again after running it and it gave me the same message

[flint ermine]

I tried adding a C:

[lofty brook]

so u opening up a new terminal and doing py main.py ?

[flint ermine]

Yup

Oh I think it might be working?

I'm going to test it one second

It is working

whew

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