Mark Bystry wrote: > Well, immediately I am having problems. Be patient with me.
We will be, you're doing great so far :-) > > This what I have... > > copy_file.py > ############################################ > > import os > import shutil as sh > > sh.copy('C:\testing_it.txt', 'D:\') Backslash is an escape character in Python string constants. \t actually inserts a tab character in the string. You have several choices: 'C:/testing_it.txt' - forward slashes work fine too 'C:\\testing_it.txt' - double the \ to make it a literal. r'C:\testing_it.txt' - 'r' prefix makes it a 'raw' string, backslashes are (mostly) treated as literals rather than escapes. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor