[FIXED] How can i specify the working directory for jupyter notebooks from the command line

Issue

I have a python project with jupyter notebooks and would like to save them in their own sub directory (e.g. jupyter_notebooks). Now I want to start jupyter, so that the notebooks will use the project root as cwd and not the directory they are in. Something like this:

python -m jupyter --cwd=project\root

Is there a way to do this?

Solution

I think you're looking for the --notebook-dir argument:

python -m jupyter notebook --notebook-dir=/path/to/directory

Or simply just:

jupyter notebook --notebook-dir=/path/to/directory

You can see all options for the command by running jupyter notebook --help.

If you want the notebook server to always use a specific directory without supplying the argument, you can generate a configuration file for the notebook server by running:

jupyter notebook --generate-config

The name of the created file will be printed to the console. Then, in this file, uncomment and edit the line where you find the variable c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir, e.g.:

c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = '/path/to/directory'

Answered By - hexahedronest