opening a file to read under windows

[Darrell]

Give the name as "c:\\dir\\file.txt"
Because \d and \f are escape characters.
You can also use "c:/dir/file.txt"
Since /d and /f aren't escape characters.
Python will sort it out.

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--Darrell

dave hatton <dave.hatton at mail.com> wrote in message
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> Help!
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> This is driving me mad!
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> How should I open a text file for reading under windows? (98 in this case)
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> Every thing I try results in an error message which shows the filename
> correctly but with "\\" between each element not "\"
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> I'm using "fd = open(filename, 'r')" where filename="c:\dir\file.txt"
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> Thanks
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> Daveh
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