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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list