----- Original Message ----- From: <vip333d@yahoo.com> To: <tutor@python.org> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 4:46 PM Subject: [Tutor] (no subject) > when I > write: os.access(c:\\...) - it points on the ":" and You just forgot to put the quotes this time, that'all. Should have been : os.access("c:\\.........\\..........) etc... or os.access(r"c:\..........\.......)etc... Try it and let us know. Jean M.