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<DIV>Thanks for the basename suggestion. That almost works. I'm running into a problem with some of the directory names when they include \800x\ see below.</DIV>
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<DIV>import sys, os, string</DIV>
<DIV><BR>teststring = 'C:\shoreline\dvd\prep area\800x\060623_00001.jpg'<BR>print os.path.basename(teststring)</DIV>
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<DIV>Results in </DIV>
<DIV>800x0623_00001.jpg</DIV>
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<DIV>But it needs to be</DIV>
<DIV>060623_00001.jpg</DIV>
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