"Lie Ryan" <lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote > You should do this instead: > r'C:\nice\try' > OR > 'C:\\nice\\try' > > the first way is called raw string, the backslash lose its meaning > the second way is by escaping the backslash. Or just use forward slashes which work on *nix or windows... 'C:/nice/try' HTH, Alan G.