Saturday, March 31, 2007

Python note: os.path.join unexpected result for paths beginning with "/" or "\"

Need to pay attention when joining paths beginning with "/" (or "\" for windows).

os.path.join("c:\abc", "def", "ghi") -> no problem, c:\abc\def\ghi

os.path.join("c:\abc", "\def") -> outputs "\def".
Posted by Yue Zhang at 7:40 AM

1 comment:

dgunchev said...

It is expected - the second part is not relative path (starts with \), and you can not write

os.path.join("c:\abc", "\def")

it must be

os.path.join("c:\\abc", "\\def")

escaping, remember :-)

4:54 PM

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