Moving up one directory in Python

Question

Is there a simple way to move up one directory in python using a single line of code? Something similar to cd .. in command line

Answer 1

>>> import os >>> print os.path.abspath(os.curdir) C:\Python27 >>> os.chdir("..") >>> print os.path.abspath(os.curdir) C:\ 

Answer 2

Using os.chdir should work:

import os os.chdir('..')