Karthikeyan Singaravelan <tir.kar...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I guess '\f' translates to \x0c and using raw string helps with this.
>>> ord('\f')
12
>>> '\f'
'\x0c'
>>> var = "d:\stuff\morestuff\furtherdown\THEFILE.txt"
>>> var
'd:\\stuff\\morestuff\x0curtherdown\\THEFILE.txt'
>>> print(os.path.normpath(var))
d:\stuff\morestuff
urtherdown\THEFILE.txt
>>> os.path.normpath(var)
'd:\\stuff\\morestuff\x0curtherdown\\THEFILE.txt'
# Use raw string
>>> var = r"d:\stuff\morestuff\furtherdown\THEFILE.txt"
>>> var
'd:\\stuff\\morestuff\\furtherdown\\THEFILE.txt'
>>> print(os.path.normpath(var))
d:\stuff\morestuff\furtherdown\THEFILE.txt
>>> os.path.normpath(var)
'd:\\stuff\\morestuff\\furtherdown\\THEFILE.txt'
# Or escape back slashes
>>> var = "d:\\stuff\\morestuff\\furtherdown\\THEFILE.txt"
>>> var
'd:\\stuff\\morestuff\\furtherdown\\THEFILE.txt'
>>> print(os.path.normpath(var))
d:\stuff\morestuff\furtherdown\THEFILE.txt
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nosy: +xtreak
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