When attaching the following to a tool box in Pro 2.1.2 and running it: import os import errno import arcpy curr = dirpath = os . getcwd ( ) directories = [ 'Data' , 'Data//GPS' , 'Data//Working' , 'Data//Tabular' , 'Products' , 'Documents' , 'Documents//Pics_Graphics' ] basedirectory = curr + '//' for i in range ( len ( directories ) ) : newDir = basedirectory + directories [ i ] try : os . makedirs ( newDir ) except OSError as exception : if exception . errno != errno . EEXIST : raise else : print ( "\nBE CAREFUL! Directory %s already exists." % newDir ) I get the following error: Start Time : Monday , June 04 , 2018 4 : 10 : 17 PM Running script CreateProjectFolders . . . Failed script Create Project Folders . . . Traceback ( most recent call last ) : File "C:\temp\Pro_Folder_Structure\NEW_FOLDERS.py" , line 10 , in module > os . makedirs ( newDir ) File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\os.py" , line 220 , in makedirs mkdir ( name , mode ) PermissionError : [ WinError 5 ] Access is denied : 'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro//Data' Failed to execute ( CreateProjectFolders ) . Failed at Monday , June 04 , 2018 4 : 10 : 17 PM ( Elapsed Time : 0.06 seconds ) My assumption is that os.getcwd() would get the directory that the pro project is saved to. curr = dirpath = arcpy.env.workspace doesn't appear to do anything here.

aprx = 'C:\\Users\\sasquatch\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject95\\MyProject95.aprx' folder = "/" . join ( aprx . split ( "\\" ) [ : - 1 ] ) folderOut [ 17 ] : 'C:/Users/sasquatch/Documents/ArcGIS/Projects/MyProject95'

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How to implement os.getcwd() in Pro 2.1.2?

ThomasColson

When attaching the following to a tool box in Pro 2.1.2 and running it:

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> errno
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy
curr <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> dirpath <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getcwd<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
directories <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Data'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Data//GPS'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Data//Working'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Data//Tabular'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Products'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Documents'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'Documents//Pics_Graphics'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
basedirectory <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> curr <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'//'</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> i <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> range <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>len <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>directories<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 newDir <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> basedirectory <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> directories<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN>i<SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">try</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>makedirs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>newDir<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">except</SPAN> OSError <SPAN class="keyword token">as</SPAN> exception<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> exception<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>errno <SPAN class="operator token">!=</SPAN> errno<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>EEXIST<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">raise</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">else</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\nBE CAREFUL! Directory %s already exists."</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">%</SPAN> newDir<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

I get the following error:

Start Time<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> Monday<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> June <SPAN class="number token">04</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">2018</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">4</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">10</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">17</SPAN> PM
Running script CreateProjectFolders<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>
Failed script Create Project Folders<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>
 Traceback <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>most recent call last<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 File <SPAN class="string token">"C:\temp\Pro_Folder_Structure\NEW_FOLDERS.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">10</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
 os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>makedirs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>newDir<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
 File <SPAN class="string token">"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\os.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">220</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> makedirs
 mkdir<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>name<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> mode<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
PermissionError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN>WinError <SPAN class="number token">5</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN> Access <SPAN class="keyword token">is</SPAN> denied<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro//Data'</SPAN>
 Failed to execute <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>CreateProjectFolders<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>
Failed at Monday<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> June <SPAN class="number token">04</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">2018</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">4</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">10</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">17</SPAN> PM <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>Elapsed Time<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">0.06</SPAN> seconds<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

My assumption is that os.getcwd() would get the directory that the pro project is saved to. curr = dirpath = arcpy.env.workspace doesn't appear to do anything here.

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DanPatterson_Retired

aprx <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Users\\sasquatch\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject95\\MyProject95.aprx'</SPAN>
folder <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>aprx<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>split<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
folderOut<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">17</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:/Users/sasquatch/Documents/ArcGIS/Projects/MyProject95'</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

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ThomasColson

Blank project saved to default project path, with the tool box in the project folder

JoshuaBixby

Interesting. When I run the code from a script in a Toolbox, it gives me the path to the current project and not Pro's install folder. I realize you have found a solution, or usable workaround, but I still wonder why you are getting different results than I am with same version of Pro. Is the Toolbox part of the project's Toolbox folder or connected/mapped to from a central location or file share?

DanPatterson_Retired

If you want to have a parameter in your tool that sets the work dir

os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>chdir<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># set the work directory</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

ThomasColson

That would work if there were either a fixed location of the script, or a fixed location where all projects get saved, and users were inclined to provide input to sys.argv[0], and if they were so inclined, we'd start seeing

<SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">[</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Data'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">,</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Data//GPS'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">,</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Data//Working'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">,</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Data//Tabular'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">,</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Products'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">,</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Documents'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="" style="color: #669900; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">'Documents//Pics_Graphics'</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">]</SPAN>

all over the network, anywhere in fact, instead of in the prj folder. Another limitation is we have an enforced policy on project folder organization, adding more subfolders with scripts is not in the cards. Trying to make this a hands off solution, Start Pro, click a button, there are your folders. In Arc I do this with a zip/exe which has been identified as a "security concern". What I'm really interested in is corralling the output of arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT").filePath to NOT give me 'C:\\Users\\sasquatch\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject95\\MyProject95.aprx' but instead 'C:\\Users\\sasquatch\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject95\\'

So, in Pro 2.1.2, is it possible to simply get the path of the current project using Python? Not the path to "Program Files" or the name of the project.....

DanPatterson_Retired

One useful way that doesn't require arcpy at all in case you work outside of arcmap is to organize your projects so that you have your scripts in a subfolder within the folder.

You just need to find out where the script is, then parse the path to the project

import sys&nbsp; # assuming you don't already have it
script = sys.argv[0]
script'C:/GIS/A_Tools_scripts/Table_tools/Scripts/sequential_funcs_txt.py'
proj = "/".join(script.split("/")[:-2])
proj&nbsp;'C:/GIS/A_Tools_scripts/Table_tools'&nbsp; # the project folder, which contains the *.aprx and the *.tbx‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

The trouble with the ArcGISProject is that it only returns useful information if you are running the python script in the sad python window or from the application

activeMap
(Read Only)
Returns the map object associated with the focused view within the application.None will be returned if there are no views open that have an associated map or when a script is run outside of the application.

And in any event you would have to provide "CURRENT" I suppose to

ArcGISProject("CURRENT") to the method... but it returns too many 'None' if as described in the help (ie no active map etc)

ThomasColson

The problem is not the indentation or the spaces, the problem is, when run from within a Pro toolbox, or the Pro Python window,

arcpy<SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">.</SPAN>getcwd<SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">(</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">)</SPAN><SPAN class="" style="color: #999999; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;">) </SPAN>

returns C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro. It does not return the path to the Pro Project Folder.

The script runs fine as a stand alone, and creates the folders in what ever folder the script happens to be in. The home folder property in ArcGISProject—ArcPy | ArcGIS Desktop seemed promising, but all that returns is <property object at 0x000000017836EF98> and arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT").filePath returns the full path as well as the name of the aprx, which I don't need (and therefore can't use the output of arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT").filePath either).

DanPatterson_Retired

Of simply put the results in 'tweet' so you can use it in within and without environments

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># assuming you will be using arcpy anyway</SPAN>

 <SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">tweet</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>msg<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="string token">"""Print a message for both arcpy and python.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; msg - a text message
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; """</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; m <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"\n{}\n"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>msg<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>m<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>m<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp; 

tweet<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getcwd<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># tweet away</SPAN>

C<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>\GIS\A_Tools_scripts\Table_tools\Scripts<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

JoshuaBixby

If you copy the following into a file and run it as a script associated with a Toolbox, what path is returned:

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy

arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"----------------------------------------"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getcwd<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"----------------------------------------"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

DanPatterson_Retired

Well the first bit works

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os

curdir <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>getcwd<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

curdir
<SPAN class="string token">'C:\\GIS\\A_Tools_scripts\\Table_tools\\Scripts'</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

But your indentation is all wrong, if you copied and pasted your code.

I suggest that you fix it with 4 space indentation AND

If you intend to use forward slashes, you only use 1 ie '/'

Backslashes use 2 ie '\\'

Throw in some print statements as you go along to see where failure actually occurs.

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