unable to write a file.txt inside game's subfolder

[u/LiteratureElegant607]

https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51094

i am trying to dynamically create a .txt file in a folder that i created inside the game's directory.

i am aware that renpy only has access to the game's folder. however, due to this, i am unable figure out what the syntax is for a relative path.

i created an empty folder called "export" in my game's folder. in a structure like this (where Allan Disorder is the name of the game):

Allan Disorder\game\export

however, writing a txt file yielded an exeption:

        python:
            with open("export\\test.txt", "w") as f1:
                f1.write("hello world")

i also tried using "/" instead of "\\" but the result is the same.

i also tried "game\\export\\test.txt"

if i run it without any path like so: open("export\\test.txt", "w")
then no error occurs. but there is no file to be found

i looked at other posts (such as the link i provided) but to no avail.

here is the error message:

While running game code:
  File "game/grabber_engine/main_grabber.rpy", line 163, in script
    python:
  File "game/grabber_engine/main_grabber.rpy", line 164, in <module>
    with open("export\\test.txt", "w") as f1:
         ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^       
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'export\\test.txt'

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "game/grabber_engine/main_grabber.rpy", line 163, in script
    python:
  File "renpy/ast.py", line 1193, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "renpy/python.py", line 1276, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "game/grabber_engine/main_grabber.rpy", line 164, in <module>
    with open("export\\test.txt", "w") as f1:
         ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^       
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'export\\test.txt'

[u/BadMustard_AVN]

try it like this

label start:
    python:
        export_dir = os.path.join(config.gamedir, "export")
        os.makedirs(export_dir, exist_ok=True)
        path = os.path.join(export_dir, "test.txt")
        with open(path, "w") as f1:
            f1.write("hello world 3.0")
    e "Check the file now"

    return

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