macOS terminal doesn't create files in right directory

Question

I wanted to use virtual Django environment with pipenv. I created a file named djangotest in my desktop. I accessed it in terminal using cd ~/Desktop/djangotest

then I ran pipenv install django and it says it installed successfully.

I opened the djangotest folder and didn't see pipfile and pipfile.lock. Then I saw that pipfile and pipfile.lock was created on my Desktop instead of the directory I wanted them to install on.

So is there a problem here or is it the thing that was supposed to happen?

Answer 1

pipenv is intended to create the Pipfile and Pipfile.lock in the current working directory. So instead of creating a "file" named djangotest, create a directory.

cd ~/Desktop
mkdir djangotest
cd djangotest
pipenv install django