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Default path for writing a file (in PythonWin)

Tyler Eaves tyler at cg1.org
Mon Feb 3 14:17:38 EST 2003 
dbrown2 at yahoo.com unleashed the following on comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
> A couple questions from a relatively new Python user trying to get his
> bearings:
> 
> What should be the default path for myfile.write(mystring) if I use
> myfile = file('thefile','w')?  It looks like files are going to a
> library or package directory for me.  Is this a Python setting of
> PythonWin? Is there a way to change it?
> 
> Also, I have not been able to get a startup file to work in PythonWin.
>  I guess I need a specific description of where to place the startup
> file, what to name it, etc.
> 
> I would like to use Python interactively but getting a comfortable
> enviroment with customized default settings has not been possible so
> far (though I like PythonWin quite a bit). Any tips for these issues
> or more generally would be appreciated.
> 
> David
With PythonWin, it's more or less anyone's guess.
Normally, when run from the command line, a file with no path compenent will
be in the current working directory.

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