chdir()

Jarek Zgoda jzgoda at o2.usun.pl
Tue May 8 16:01:50 EDT 2007


HMS Surprise napisał(a):
> Tried executing os.chdir("c:\twill") from a python Tk shell and got
> the error message:
> 
> WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume
> label syntax is incorrect: 'c:\twill'.
> 
> I have the directory exists as I copied the name from the explorer
> window that was open to it.
> 
> What is wrong with the syntax?

Unescaped '\' character. Try with raw string (r"c:\twill") or escape it
("c:\\twill").

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