Hitesh, You might want to try this:
>>> tricky_path_name = '\\serverName\\C:\\exe files\\example.exe -u ABC -g DEF'
>>> import SE
>>> Editor = SE.SE ('C:=C$: "exe -=exe<clip here>"')
>>> edited_path_name = Editor (tricky_path_name)
>>> print edited_path_name # See what it did
\serverName\C$:\exe files\example.exe<clip here>u ABC -g DEF
>>> path_name = edited_path_name.split ('<clip here>')[0]
>>> print path_name
\serverName\C$:\exe files\example.exe # There you go
Note 1: As long as 'print edited_path_name' doesn't look right, change the
substitution definitions that make your Editor. Maybe
there should be no colon after the '$'. So change ''C:=C$:' to ''C:=C$'. Should
your Editor ever fail to handle a path name having
an unexpected format, add another substitution definition to also accommodate
the new format.
Note 2: '<clip here>' is a self-documenting split mark. You'd pick a more
convenient one.
Note 3: If the path name ends with 'exe' it works all the same. The edited path
name will not have '<clip here>'. So the split will
be a list containing one element instead of two. In either case the edited path
name is at index 0.
Note 4: Get SE at: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/SE/2.2%20beta
Regards
Frederic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hitesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list@python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Adding a char inside path string
> Hi,
>
> I get path strings from a DB like:
>
> \\serverName\C:\FolderName1\FolderName2\example.exe
>
> I am writing a script that can give me access to that exe file.
> But problem is that string is not universal path, I need to add C$.
> Any idea how I can add $ char in that string.
> ServerName is not fixed length. It could be any chars length.
>
> Thank you,
> hj
>
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