I'm using Python 3.5.2 (v3.5.2:4def2a2901a5, Jun 25 2016, 22:01:18) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)] on Windows 7
I'm trying to write some file processing that looks at file size, extensions, and several other things and I'm having trouble getting a reliably usable path to files. The problem *seems* to be doubled backslashes in the path, but I've read elsewhere that this is just an artifact of the way the interpreter displays the strings. I'm getting an error message on an os.path.getsize call; Path: - "C:\Users\Rich\Desktop\2B_Proc\2307e60da6451986dd8d23635b845386.jpg" - Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Rich\workspace\PyTest\test.py", line 19, in <module> if os.path.getsize(path)>10000: File "C:\Python32\lib\genericpath.py", line 49, in getsize return os.stat(filename).st_size WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: '"C:\\Users\\Rich\\Desktop\\2B_Proc\\2307e60da6451986dd8d23635b845386.jpg"' >From (snippet) path = '"'+dirpath+name+'"' path = os.path.normpath(path) print("Path: -",path,"-") if os.path.getsize(path)>10000: print("Path: ",path," Size: ",os.path.getsize(dirpath+name)) but if I manually use a console window and cut and paste the path I print, it works; C:\>dir "C:\Users\Rich\Desktop\2B_Proc\2307e60da6451986dd8d23635b845386.jpg" Volume in drive C is Windows7_OS Directory of C:\Users\Rich\Desktop\2B_Proc 10/03/2016 08:35 AM 59,200 2307e60da6451986dd8d23635b845386.jpg 1 File(s) 59,200 bytes 0 Dir(s) 115,857,260,544 bytes free So the file is there and the path is correct. I'm adding quotes to the path to deal with directories and filenames that have spaces in them. If I drop the quotes, everything works as I expect *until* I encounter the first file/path with spaces. I'll happily RTFM, but I need some hints as to which FM to R -- mailto:o...@ozindfw.net Oz POB 93167 Southlake, TX 76092 (Near DFW Airport) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list