homedir, file copy

[ecu_jon]

On Jan 30, 3:55 pm, r <rt8... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2:44 pm, ecu_jon <hayesjd... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > shutil.copy (homedir+"\\backup\\", homedir+"\\backup2\\")
>
> TIP: Use os.path.join(x,y, z*)
>
> > why is there still two \\ in the pathfor the copy command?
>
> I always convert my paths to use a single '/' instead of '\\'. Just
> makes life that much easier!

what does this mean?  Use os.path.join(x,y, z*)
what is the x,y,z?