New submission from Dave Humphries: os.chdir missed a back slash in rewriting a file path see example below (the extra backslash was missing from the trunk directory). Modifying the path with an extra slash enabled this to work for some reason. (os windows 8 64 bit Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 : spyder console output: >>> os.chdir("C:\Projects\trunk\BusPirate\dangerous-prototypes-open-hardware-read-only\Bus_Pirate\scripts\pyBusPirateLite") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'C:\\Projects\trunk\\BusPirate\\dangerous-prototypes-open-hardware-read-only\\Bus_Pirate\\scripts\\pyBusPirateLite' >>> os.chdir("C:\Projects\\trunk\BusPirate\dangerous-prototypes-open-hardware-read-only\Bus_Pirate\scripts\pyBusPirateLite") >>> from pyBusPirateLite.SPI import *
---------- components: Windows messages: 183582 nosy: DaveH priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: os.chdir win32 type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17366> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com