[New-bugs-announce] [issue5913] On Windows os.listdir('') -> cwd and os.listdir(u'') -> C:\

[Ezio Melotti]

New submission from Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com>:

On Windows, with Python2/Python3, os.listdir('')/os.listdir(b'') list
the content of the current working directory and
os.listdir(u'')/os.listdir('') the content of C:\.

On Linux the error "OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''" is
raised.

I also noticed that os.listdir('C:') (without the \) lists the content
of the cwd too.

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components: Library (Lib), Windows
messages: 87045
nosy: ezio.melotti
severity: normal
status: open
title: On Windows os.listdir('') -> cwd and os.listdir(u'') -> C:\
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1

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