Windows vs. Linux

[Duncan Booth]

Tim Chase wrote:

> Nice to see consistancy at work.  Looks like leading slashes are 
> stripped and so it trys to find it relative to the current path.
> 
> Nothing like predictable, cross-platform implementations there. 
> [rolls eyes]
> 
> Thank goodness Python brings some brains to the table where 
> Windows/Dos is ::ehem:: seriously lacking.

Ah, thank you. I couldn't figure out what on earth was happening. Sometimes 
the CD worked and sometimes it didn't.