IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('wb') or filename: in windows xp while making tarfile

[Erik Max Francis]

Ryniek90 wrote:
> I've got my backup script which opens tarfile for add chosen file to it. 
> But while setting it up, i've got Traceback:
> here's the url: -->http://paste.ubuntu.com/258081/<--
> 
> I have searched among google's result but didn't found anything useful. 
> Only found info that it may be the backslashes fault in path, but i have 
> written proper the path.
> 
> Here's link to my script paste: http://paste.ubuntu.com/258087/
> 
> Is its the '|\U' literal fault in path '|C:\\Users\\Ryniek's 
> WinSe7en\\MyNewGGBackup(2009-08-23 14:59:02).tar.bz2|' ?
> 
> Sorry if i'm annoying but i'm still learning.

It's probably a misleading error from the OS; I would guess the problem 
is that the filename contains colons, which I believe is a no-no on Windows.

You want to make sure to always escape your backslashes (or use raw 
strings), too, or that's going to bite you sometime later (but it's not 
your main problem here).

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