PyCharm current working directory

Recently, I'm unable to use relative paths in my code while using PyCharm. For instance, a simple open('test.txt', 'r') will not work - whereupon I am sure the file exists in the same level as the running py file. PyCharm will return this error.

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

After reading answers online on StackOverflow, I have tried multiple options including:

• Changing test.txt to ./test.txt
• Closing project, deleting the .idea folder, open the folder with code.
• Reinstalling as well as installing the latest version of PyCharm.
• Invalidating caches and restarting.

None of these options have worked for me. Is there someway I can tell PyCharm to refresh the current working directory (or even to see where it thinks the current working directory is)?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I should note that running the script in a terminal window will work. This appears to be a problem with PyCharm and not the script.

Solution 1:

Change: Run > Edit Configurations > Working directory, which sets the working directory for a specific project. (This is on a Mac)

Solution 2:

I have Pycharm 4.5, so things might have changed a bit.

Try going to Settings > Project > Project Structure

On this dialog, click your folder that has the source code in it, and then click the blue folder in the menu to note it as "source" folder. I believe this fixes a lot of the path issues in Pycharm

Here is the link to "content roots": https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/help/content-root.html

Solution 3:

Current version 2019.2 somehow ignores "source root" from the "project structure". Here's how to actually enforce it:

Run -> Edit Configurations -> Python -> "Edit Templates" -> fill out "Working Directory"

Solution 4:

__file__ refers to file path. So you can use the following to refer file in the same directory:

import os

dirpath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, 'test.txt')
open(filepath, 'r')