Bart <xc68...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using this and ran across backslash issues in one of my paths.
>
> archpath = os.path.normpath('E:\foo\FTP\HLS\archive')
>
> was translating to:
>
> E:\lsfprod\law\uch_interfaces\FTP\HLSrchive
>
> which caused me to start using the 'raw' declaration before the path
> string like this:
>
> archpath = os.path.normpath(r'E:\foo\FTP\HLS\archive')
>
> Is this the right way to use this?
>
If you want to use raw strings for Windows paths then you need to be aware
that you cannot end a raw string with a backslash.
In most cases you can just use forward slashes instead and then you don't
need to worry about escaping them:
archpath = os.path.normpath('E:/foo/FTP/HLS/archive')
Or better still, don't put hardwired paths into your application, put them
all in a config file.
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