I have several threads each of which is changing working directories and occasionally creating new ones in specific working directories, copying/moving files etc in these directories. Think e.g.:

def thread1:
  while True:
    os.chdir('dir')
    os.mkdir('newdir')
    os.system('mv *.png newdir/')
    do something

def thread2:
  while True:
    os.chdir('another-dir')
    os.mkdir('another-newdir')
    os.system('mv *.png another-newdir/')
    do something

I've read that chdir, mkdir functions are not specific to threads but global. What is a way to accomplish this? I can try to use absolute paths but is that the best solution?

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