Python os.getcwdu() Method

Python method os.getcwdu() returns a unicode object which represents the current working directory.

With the release of Python 3.0 version, the os.getcwdu() method is deprecated. Instead of this method, we can use the os.getcwd() method.

Syntax

Syntax of the Python os.getcwdu() method is as follows −

os.getcwdu()

Parameters

The Python os.getcwdu() method does not accept any parameters.

Return Value

The Python os.getcwdu() method returns a unicode object representing the current working directory.

Example

The following example shows the usage of getcwdu() method.

#!/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.getcwdu())

# 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.getcwdu())

# Close opened directory.
os.close( fd )

When we run above program, it produces following result −

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