"Wolfgang" <wl at flexis.de> wrote in message news:bava04$6ap$1 at news.lf.net... > I have to do this: > > xyz = r"T:\bin\bla" + "\\" If this is for accessing directories or files on WindowsXXX, xyz = "T:/bin/bla/" may work (it does for me with Win9X for os.chdir() and file()) Terry J. Reedy