Use Path.cwd() instead of Path.home()

Author: dbader

ch12-file-input-and-output/4-challenge-move-all-image-files-to-a-new-directory.py

@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Change this path to match the location on your computer
-documents_dir = (
-    Path.home() /
-    "python-basics-exercises" /
-    "ch11-file-input-and-output" /
-    "practice_files" /
-    "documents"
-)
+documents_dir = Path.cwd() / "practice_files" / "documents"
 
 # Create an images/ directory in your home directory
 images_dir = Path.home() / "images"

ch12-file-input-and-output/7-challenge-create-a-high-scores-list.py

@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 
 # Change the path below to match the location on your computer
 scores_csv_path = (
-    Path.home()
-    / "github/realpython"
-    / "python-basics-exercises"
-    / "ch12-file-input-and-output"
+    Path.cwd()
     / "practice_files"
-    "scores.csv"
+    / "scores.csv"
 )
 
 with scores_csv_path.open(mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@
 # The high_scores dictionary now contains one key for each name that was
 # in the scores.csv file, and each value is that player's highest score.
 
-output_csv_file = Path.home() / "high_scores.csv"
+output_csv_file = Path.cwd() / "high_scores.csv"
 with output_csv_file.open(mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
     writer = csv.DictWriter(file, fieldnames=["name", "high_score"])
     writer.writeheader()

ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/1-extract-text-from-a-pdf.py

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader
 
 # To create a PdfFileReader instance, you need to path to the PDF file.
-# We'll assume you downloaded the solutions folder and extracted it into
-# the home directory on your computer. If this is not the case, you'll
+# We'll assume you downloaded the solutions folder and are running this
+# program from the solutions folder. If this is not the case, you'll
 # need to update the path below.
-pdf_path = Path.home() / "python-basics-exercises/ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/practice_files/zen.pdf"
+pdf_path = Path.cwd() / "practice_files" / "zen.pdf"
 
 # Now you can create the PdfFileReader instance. Remember that
 # PdfFileReader objects can only be instantiated with path strings, not

ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/4-concatenating-and-merging-pdfs.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from PyPDF2 import PdfFileMerger
 
 
-BASE_PATH = Path.home() / "python-basics-exercises/ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/practice_files"
+BASE_PATH = Path.cwd() / "practice_files"
 
 pdf_paths = [BASE_PATH / "merge1.pdf", BASE_PATH / "merge2.pdf"]
 pdf_merger = PdfFileMerger()

ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/5-rotating-and-cropping-pdf-pages.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
 
 
-pdf_path = Path.home() / "python-basics-exercises/ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/practice_files/split_and_rotate.pdf"
+pdf_path = Path.cwd() / "practice_files" / "split_and_rotate.pdf"
 
 pdf_reader = PdfFileReader(str(pdf_path))
 pdf_writer = PdfFileWriter()

ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/6-encrypting-and-decrypting-pdfs.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
 
 
-pdf_path = Path.home() / "python-basics-exercises/ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/practice_files/top_secret.pdf"
+pdf_path = Path.cwd() / "practice_files" / "top_secret.pdf"
 
 pdf_reader = PdfFileReader(str(pdf_path))
 pdf_writer = PdfFileWriter()

ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/7-challenge-unscramble-a-pdf.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def get_page_text(page):
     return page.extractText()
 
 
-pdf_path = Path.home() / "python-basics-exercises/ch14-interact-with-pdf-files/practice_files/scrambled.pdf"
+pdf_path = Path.cwd() / "practice_files" / "scrambled.pdf"
 
 pdf_reader = PdfFileReader(str(pdf_path))
 pdf_writer = PdfFileWriter()