pip install mitmproxy - fails on watchdog-0.8.3.tar.gz with "Permission denied" error (Python 2.7.11 on Win XP SP3);

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/24/2016 5:35 PM, Larry Hudson via Python-list wrote:

> If the path string is typed directly into Windows where it is parsed by
> (whatever is the current equivalent of) command.com, forward slashes are
> NOT accepted.

More specifically, / is not accepted in paths to be executed. It seems 
to be generally accepted in path arguments, as in cd path, or

C:\Users\Terry>C:\programs\python35\python.exe C:/programs/python34/tem.py

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Terry Jan Reedy