[Tutor] absolute locations

[Christopher Spears]

Grrr!

I'm trying to open up a file with the following
absloute path in Windows 2000:

C:\Documents and Settings\Christstopher Spears\My
Documents\python\unit4.txt

So I enter the following in IDLE:

>>> import os
>>> fileName = os.path.join("c:", "Documents and
Settings", "Christopher Spears", "My Documents",
"python", "unit4.txt")
>>> fileobject = open(fileName, 'r')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    fileobject = open(fileName, 'r')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'c:Documents and Settings\\Christopher Spears\\My
Documents\\python\\unit4.txt'

I know unit4.txt is there, but I can't seem to
convince python of that!  What is up with \\ anyway?

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