pathlib PurePosixPath

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 03:29:17 EDT 2017


On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> How do I create a valid file name and directory with pathlib?
>
> When I create it using PurePosixPath I end up with an OSError due to an obvously invlaid path being created.

You're on Windows. The rules for POSIX paths don't apply to your file
system, and...

> OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'C:\\Users\\Sayth\\Projects\\results/Warwick Farm2017-09-06T00:00:00.json'

... the colon is invalid on Windows file systems. You'll have to
replace those with something else.

ChrisA



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