> newDirectory = str(sys.argv[1:]) [cut] > Now, in a perfect universe I would get an output something > like the following (if I run the script with the argument > 'python': > > /Volumes/Home/myuser/python > > However, Python still hangs on to all the fluff and prints > out something else: > > /Volumes/Home/myuser/['python']
Your "newDirectory = ..." line is asking for a slice of a list, which returns a list. Python then dutifully converts that list to a string representation and tacks that onto your string/path. What you want is sys.argv[1] (the first argument) not sys.argv[1:] (a list of all but the first argv--namely, all the arguments as [0] is the name of your python script) -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
