os.listdir path error

Tim Roberts timr at probo.com
Sat Aug 4 21:46:51 EDT 2007


kyosohma at gmail.com wrote:
>
>I get "SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string", which is
>what should happen when you escape the double-quotes at the end. Not
>sure how you're getting that WindowsErrors.
>
>If I do  os.listdir('c:\python24')  instead, it works fine.

Yes, but only by accident.  It will fail again if you try to do
os.listdir('c:\tmp').  You need to use the right quoting.
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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.



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