Message 130739 - Python tracker

Message130739

Author	gwideman
Recipients	QuantumTim, docs@python, eli.bendersky, facundobatista, georg.brandl, gwideman, r.david.murray, v+python
Date	2011-03-13.12:36:02
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Eli: Excellent and thoughtful point. This would indeed be exactly the place to suggest os.path.join as an alternative. In addition, there are still occasions where one needs to form a string with trailing backslash. Two examples: 1. When writing the string specifying root directory: r'C:\ '[:-1] 2. Using python to prepare command lines to run other command line programs, where an argument may require a final backslash to explicitly specify a target directory (as opposed to a file).

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Eli:  Excellent and thoughtful point. This would indeed be exactly the place to suggest os.path.join as an alternative.

In addition, there are still occasions where one needs to form a string with trailing backslash. Two examples:
1. When writing the string specifying root directory: r'C:\ '[:-1]
2. Using python to prepare command lines to run other command line programs, where an argument may require a final backslash to explicitly specify a target directory (as opposed to a file).

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