Files in unix and windows

[Byron]

Opps, correction.  "\t" is for <tab> -- I had the slash going the wrong 
direction.

Byron
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Byron wrote:

> Hi Travis,
> 
> You want to use forward slashes with your file names.  Backslashes are 
> used for special character commands, such as "/t" for <tab>, etc.
> 
>     For Windows:
>     c:/aFolder/testDocument.txt
> 
>     For Unix / Linux
>     /aFolder/testDocument.txt
> 
>     If you need a relative path, with no drive specified (for Windows), 
> use:
>     /aFolder/testDocument.txt
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Byron
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> 
> 
> Travis James Kleeburg wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to copy files from one directory into another using 
>> shutil.copy. I am having a problem getting a usable path using 
>> os.path.abspath because it doesnt return a string with the extra 
>> backslashes and i was wondering if there was a better system call to 
>> use? I am also looking for a system call so there wont be a problem 
>> between windows and unix.
>>
>>