George said unto the world upon 2005-05-12 09:41:
> Newbie question:
>
> I'm trying to lauch Notepad from Python to open a textfile:
>
> import os
> b1="c:\test.txt"
> os.system('notepad.exe ' + b1)
>
> However, the t of test is escaped by the \, resulting in Notepad trying
> to open "c: est.txt".
>
> How do I solve this?
There are several ways, but the preferred solution is to switch the
slash direction: "c:/test.txt". Python's smart enough to notice its
running on Windows and do the right thing with the slash. (Other
choice include using raw strings: r"c:\test.txt", and explicitly
escaping the backslash: "c:\\test.txt".)
Best,
Brian vdB
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