Function chdir

recipes/Python/279407_Windows_Console/recipe-279407.py:60–70

A simple function to change the directory. Including handling spaces, quotes etc.

(l1)

    return  newline

def chdir(l1):
    """A simple function to change the directory.
    Including handling spaces, quotes etc."""
    l2 = l1
    if l1[0] == '\"'  == l1[-1]: l2 = l1[1:-1]
    if os.path.isdir(l2):
        os.chdir(l2)
    elif os.path.isdir(l2.strip()):
        os.chdir(l2.strip())
    else:
        print 'The system can\'t see directory ' + l1