[Livin]

is this normal?

if i do this...
cwd = os.getcwd()
xbmcgui.dialog().ok('device info',cwd)

it shows the path with a ; at the end... totally screwing things up.

[Asteron]

yes it is fine.
in scripts you typically see os.getcwd()[:-1] which removes the final char.

if you didnt know, list[x:y] is a slicing operation and returns a sublist from position x up to (not including) y.

if x is omitted 0 is used. if y omitted than len(list) is used. negative numbers count backwards from the end of the list (-1 is the last element).

[:-1] is then everything from 0 up to but not including the last element.

[darkie]

not normal. may i ask, how do you run that piece of code? is it in a .py file that is started directly from gui?

[Livin]

not normal. may i ask, how do you run that piece of code? is it in a .py file that is started directly from gui?

yes, exactly!

[Asteron]

not normal. may i ask, how do you run that piece of code? is it in a .py file that is started directly from gui?

if it's not intended i wouldn't recommend fixing it. too many scripts do os.getcwd()[:-1] and they will break.

[darkie]

if it's not intended i wouldn't recommend fixing it. too many scripts do os.getcwd()[:-1] and they will break

agreed, will leave it as it is for now. however, i think it is better to fix this when the next official xbmc release is.

[solexalex]

ho !
it would be a bad thing for many many scripts !! i mean sooo many scripts to update....

anyway, if it is not normal, just fix it.... lol

it is like when you give your blood.. you know ? it is better for your health as your blood can regenerate

[Livin]

i cannot beleive this had not been found before?

i'm on my 3rd day of python... and struggling!

i'm used to asp, vbs & js so very different in many ways! whew!

[Livin]

this problem seemed to have dissapeared!

i did not change a darn thing with how i was using it.

but!

i have not been able to get cwd = os.getcwd() to work...
it seems to be getting the correct path but when i use it no images display... so i've had to hard-code the path for now.

when i print the cwd and my appended image file names, the path looks perfect.

if you know of  a fix, please let me know.

[solexalex]

sorry, but my english seems to be not enough correct to understand clearly...

i'm using in my script
homedir = os.getcwd()[:-1]+"\\"
then for a pic directory :
picsdir = homedir + "pics\\"

and it works like a charm... i don't know if this way is a correct python use, or if this trick (pulling out the last char because it is not a correct one) should not be used in python...
you posts make me losing my mind... :joker:

[Livin]

i'm now using that "trick" too... there is definitely a bug in the function if it works correctly some time and not others... strange!