Python File Not Found Error even though file is in same directory

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I'm running a python code (filename- images.py) that reads-

    import gzip
    f = gzip.open('i1.gz','r')

But it is showing the FileNotFoundError. My folder containing images.py looks like-

New Folder/
   images.py
   i1.gz
   (...Some other files...)
file-not-found python
4 Answers

The problem is that you are not running the script from within the New Folder. You can easily solve it by using the absolute path without hard-coding it:

from os import path
file_path = path.abspath(__file__) # full path of your script
dir_path = path.dirname(file_path) # full path of the directory of your script
zip_file_path = path.join(dir_path,'i1.gz') # absolute zip file path

# and now you can open it
f = gzip.open(zip_file_path,'r')
user_124002140

Check the current working directory of the script by doing:

import os
os.getcwd()

Then, compare this with your i1.gz absolute path. Then you should be able to see if there are any inconsistencies.

Admin1

Are you run the script from the New Folder?

If you are in the folder, it should work:

c:\Data\Python\Projekty\Random\gzip_example>python load_gzip.py

but if you run the script from a parent folder with the folder name, it returned the error:

c:\Data\Python\Projekty\Random>python gzip_example\load_gzip.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Data\Python\Projekty\Random\gzip_example\load_gzip.py", line 2, in <module>
    f = gzip.open('file.gz', 'r')
  File "C:\Python\Python 3.8\lib\gzip.py", line 58, in open
    binary_file = GzipFile(filename, gz_mode, compresslevel)
  File "C:\Python\Python 3.8\lib\gzip.py", line 173, in __init__
    fileobj = self.myfileobj = builtins.open(filename, mode or 'rb')
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'file.gz'
user_51980360

The way I usually set working directory and work with files is as follow:

import os
pwd_path= os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
myfile = os.path.join(pwd_path, 'i1.gz')
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