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Author	vstinner
Recipients	Alex.Ternovoy, brian.curtin, loewis, tim.golden, vstinner
Date	2013-02-23.13:23:41
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Message-id	<1361625822.13.0.0245971695392.issue17280@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> print os.path.basename ("C:\Users\Alkor\Desktop\a3434.raw") Ah, it's a common trap of the Python syntax (and PHP, and C, and ... languages). "\" is a special character, you have to escape it: "\\". "C:\\Users\\Alkor\\Desktop\\a3434.raw" or simply use the "raw" string syntax: r"C:\Users\Alkor\Desktop\a3434.raw"

> print os.path.basename ("C:\Users\Alkor\Desktop\a3434.raw")

Ah, it's a common trap of the Python syntax (and PHP, and C, and ... languages). "\" is a special character, you have to escape it: "\\".

"C:\\Users\\Alkor\\Desktop\\a3434.raw"

or simply use the "raw" string syntax:

r"C:\Users\Alkor\Desktop\a3434.raw"

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