On Jan 30, 2:44 pm, ecu_jon <hayesjd... at yahoo.com> wrote: > shutil.copy (homedir+"\\backup\\", homedir+"\\backup2\\") TIP: Use os.path.join(x,y, z*) > why is there still two \\ in the pathfor the copy command? I always convert my paths to use a single '/' instead of '\\'. Just makes life that much easier!