[Tutor] os.path.exists(path) returns false when the path actually exists!

[Bob Gailer]

Iyer wrote:
>
>
>     Just to check, try to do away with the backslashes. Windows will
>     accept
>     a path with forward slashes just as well:
>
>     os.path.exists("c:/winnt/file_name")
>
> Nope, even, with the use of forward slashes in the path, it still 
> returns false
>
> What am I doing wrong here ?
Is there any chance the file has an extension that Windows is hiding?

Can you get True for other files in the folder?

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