Fredrik, you are a God! Thank You^3. I am unworthy </ass-kiss-mode> I believe that may do the trick. Here is the results of running your code:
>>> DIR = os.getcwd() >>> files = os.listdir(DIR) >>> file = files[-1] >>> file 'L07JS41C.04389525AA.QTR\xa6INR.E\xa6C-P.D11.081305.P2.KPF.model' >>> print file L07JS41C.04389525AA.QTRªINR.EªC-P.D11.081305.P2.KPF.model >>> print repr(file) 'L07JS41C.04389525AA.QTR\xa6INR.E\xa6C-P.D11.081305.P2.KPF.model' >>> fullname = os.path.join(DIR, file) >>> print os.path.isfile(fullname) False >>> print os.path.isdir(fullname) False >>> files = os.listdir(unicode(DIR)) >>> file = files[-1] >>> print file L07JS41C.04389525AA.QTR¦INR.E¦C-P.D11.081305.P2.KPF.model >>> print repr(file) u'L07JS41C.04389525AA.QTR\u2592INR.E\u2524C-P.D11.081305.P2.KPF.model' >>> fullname = os.path.join(DIR, file) >>> print os.path.isfile(fullname) True <--- Success! >>> print os.path.isdir(fullname) False Thanks to all who posted. :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list