os.listdir path error

[vedrandekovic]

Hello

Here is my simple listdir example:

Here is my error:

WindowsError: [Errno 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'l/
*.*'

Regards,
Vedran

 

[Jerry Hill]

Hello

Here is my simple listdir example:

Here is my error:

WindowsError: [Errno 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'l/
*.*'

That's a somewhat surprising error. Under 2.5, I get a more helpful
error message:

SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string

That's because I've escaped the closing quote of the string with \".
Use this instead:

since windows is usually happy to use forward slashes instead of
backslashes in directory names.

 

[kyosohma]

Hello

Here is my simple listdir example:

Here is my error:

WindowsError: [Errno 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'l/
*.*'

Regards,
Vedran

I get "SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string", which is
what should happen when you escape the double-quotes at the end. Not
sure how you're getting that WindowsErrors.

If I do os.listdir('c:\python24') instead, it works fine.

Mike

 

[Tim Roberts]

I get "SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string", which is
what should happen when you escape the double-quotes at the end. Not
sure how you're getting that WindowsErrors.

If I do os.listdir('c:\python24') instead, it works fine.

Yes, but only by accident. It will fail again if you try to do
os.listdir('c:\tmp'). You need to use the right quoting.