On Aug 23, 10:11 am, Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > W. eWatson wrote: > > ... > > I'm working on this now, but my knowledge of python needs refreshing. > > Right now I have a file of all the az,el data I've collected, and I'd > > like to open it with Python for XP. However, Python doesn't like this: > > > junkfile = open('c:\tmp\junkpythonfile','w') > > > I get > > junkfile = open('c:\tmp\junkpythonfile','w') > > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'c:\tmp\\junkpythonfile' > > > This problematic segment is just a hack of a similar statement which has > > the same problem and a much longer path. I suspect the problem is with > > the back slash. > > A standard windows error. note that '\t' is a tab, and I doubt you have > a directory named <tab> <m> <p>. Get in the habit of _always_ using: > junkfile = open(r'c:\tmp\junkpythonfile','w') > or > junkfile = open('c:\\tmp\\junkpythonfile','w') > for file names. > > --Scott David Daniels > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Avoid backslashes whenever possible. junkfile = open('c:/tmp/junkpythonfile','w') -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list