Daniel Bickett wrote:
> shutil.move( "C:\omg.txt" , "C:\folder\subdir" )
^ ^^ ^
The problem is that backslash is the escape character. In particular,
'\f' is a form feed.
>>> '\o'
'\\o'
>>> '\f'
'\x0c'
>>> '\s'
'\\s'
Notice how for '\o' and '\s' it doubles-up the backslash - this is
because '\o' and '\s' are not valid escapes, and so it treats the
backslash as just a backslash. But '\f' is a valid escape.
You have a couple of options:
1. Use double-backslashes (to escape the backslash):
shutil.move("C:\\omg.txt", "C:\\folder\\subdir")
2. Use forward slashes (they work on Windows for the most part):
shutil.move("C:/omg.txt", "C:/folder/subdir")
3. Build your paths using os.path.join (untested):
shutil.move(os.path.join("C:", "omg.txt"), os.path.join("C:",
"folder", "subdir"))
Tim Delaney
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