Files in unix and windows
Byron
DesertLinux at netscape.net
Sat Aug 21 09:49:57 EDT 2004
Opps, correction. "\t" is for <tab> -- I had the slash going the wrong
direction.
Byron
---
Byron wrote:
> Hi Travis,
>
> You want to use forward slashes with your file names. Backslashes are
> used for special character commands, such as "/t" for <tab>, etc.
>
> For Windows:
> c:/aFolder/testDocument.txt
>
> For Unix / Linux
> /aFolder/testDocument.txt
>
> If you need a relative path, with no drive specified (for Windows),
> use:
> /aFolder/testDocument.txt
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Byron
> ---
>
>
> Travis James Kleeburg wrote:
>
>> I am trying to copy files from one directory into another using
>> shutil.copy. I am having a problem getting a usable path using
>> os.path.abspath because it doesnt return a string with the extra
>> backslashes and i was wondering if there was a better system call to
>> use? I am also looking for a system call so there wont be a problem
>> between windows and unix.
>>
>>
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