ecu_jon <hayesjd...@yahoo.com> writes: > can you give an example of how to build a folder name, maybe as a > string, with parts of it as variables, that have to be strung > together. like x = "//servername/+variable+"/"+variable+"/"
import os.path infile_path = os.path.join(["//servername", start_dir, other_dir]) Read the documentation for ‘os.path.join’. It's fundamental if you're working with filesystem paths. > when i did something liek that the end result string was like > //servername/folder/folder\file and i got an error That path should work on MS Windows. If you want us to comment on the error, you'll need to show the code here *and* the error traceback. -- \ “If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to | `\ it.” —hotel room, Moscow | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list