Hi All, I have these files; which are Merge Request (ClearCase) files that are created by a Perl CGI script (being re-written in Python, as the HTML/ JavaScript have been mixed with Perl, maintainability is zero)
MergeType::::codefromlabel:::: BLname::::BUILDMODS:::: OldLname:::::::: BaseVersion::::6.9.1.24A:::: RequiredRelease::::6.10.1.3:::: Description:::::::: FixRelation:::::::: Dependencies:::::::: LpAffected::::No:::: CodeReview::::FirstName LastName:::: Testing::::Compile/Build;Designer;Smoketests;:::: OtherTesting:::::::: Vobs::::ipsupport;:::: Elements::::\ipsupport\ipbuild\Wizard\build.pl@@\main\buildmods\3:::: i read this whole file into a string so i can search for the value of Elements which is \ipsupport\ipbuild\Wizard\build.pl@@\main\buildmods\3 but this path is escaped \\ipsupport\\ipbuild\\Wizard\\build.pl@@\\main\\buildmods\\3 so when i try to escape a string containing that same path using any of the os.path escaping methods doesnt result in the correct escaped path. It either appends "C:\\" in front of the string with all the backslashes escaped or it converts the three(3) at then end to "x03" and a match doesnt occur! My question is, is there a function in Python that only escapes backslashes? Cheers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
