On May 8, 3:54 pm, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried executing os.chdir("c:\twill") from a python Tk shell and got > the error message: > > WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume > label syntax is incorrect: 'c:\twill'. > > I have the directory exists as I copied the name from the explorer > window that was open to it. > > What is wrong with the syntax? > > thanks, > > jh
Use os.chdir(r"c:\twill") instead. The "\t" character is the escape character for a tab. You can avoid such a faux pas by using the raw string construct of the form r"some string". Otherwise, any backslashes in in your string will be interpreted as escape characters. -Basilisk96 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list