Sion Arrowsmith wrote: >>>> "F:\coding\pwSync\popen_test\testia.py" > 'F:\\coding\\pwSync\\popen_test\testia.py' this might make it more obvious that something's not quite right with that string literal: >>> print "F:\coding\pwSync\popen_test\testia.py" F:\coding\pwSync\popen_test estia.py </F>