On Feb 13, 6:39 pm, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > 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
here take a look. http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/testing.py the output looks like .... folder to copy = \\\\Mothera\\jon\week2 file to copy: C:\Users\jon\backup\configs\apache2.conf \\\\Mothera\\jon \week2\configs\apache2.conf folder to copy = \\\\Mothera\\jon\week2\configs ....#some lines ommited for brevity. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
