default to os.getcwd() for saving plots

Author: betaBison

gnss_lib_py/utils/file_operations.py

@@ -37,3 +37,22 @@ def get_timestamp():
     """
     timestamp =  time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
     return timestamp
+
+def print_directory_levels():
+    """Prints out file directory levels.
+
+    """
+
+    printed_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+
+    for level in range(5):
+        print(f"{level} level(s) up: {printed_path}")
+        printed_path = os.path.dirname(printed_path)
+
+def print_cwd():
+    """Prints out file directory levels.
+
+    """
+
+    print("cwd:",os.getcwd())
+    print("dir above cwd:",os.path.dirname(os.getcwd()))

gnss_lib_py/utils/visualizations.py

@@ -670,11 +670,7 @@ def _save_figure(figures, titles=None, prefix="", fnames=None): # pragma: no cov
         if (len(fnames) == 1 and fnames[0] is None) \
             or fnames[fig_idx] is None:
             # create results folder if it does not yet exist.
-            root_path = os.path.dirname(
-                        os.path.dirname(
-                        os.path.dirname(
-                        os.path.realpath(__file__))))
-            log_path = os.path.join(root_path,"results",TIMESTAMP)
+            log_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"results",TIMESTAMP)
             fo.make_dir(log_path)
 
             # make name path friendly
@@ -856,11 +852,7 @@ def _save_plotly(figures, titles=None, prefix="", fnames=None,
         if (len(fnames) == 1 and fnames[0] is None) \
             or fnames[fig_idx] is None:
             # create results folder if it does not yet exist.
-            root_path = os.path.dirname(
-                        os.path.dirname(
-                        os.path.dirname(
-                        os.path.realpath(__file__))))
-            log_path = os.path.join(root_path,"results",TIMESTAMP)
+            log_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"results",TIMESTAMP)
             fo.make_dir(log_path)
 
             # make name path friendly

tests/utils/test_file_operations.py

@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ def test_get_timestamp():
 
     # timestamp should all be numeric characters
     assert timestamp.isnumeric()
+
+def test_directory_printing():
+    """Test directory printing functions.
+    
+    """
+    fo.print_directory_levels()
+    fo.print_cwd()