Kent Johnson wrote: > The problem is that \ is special in string literals. \b is a backspace > character, not the two-character sequence you expect. \w has no special > meaning so it *is* the two-character sequence you expect.
> The simplest fix is to use raw strings for all your Windows path needs: > os.path.isfile(r'c:\bookmarks.html') > os.path.isfile(r'c:\wumpus.c') Thanks a lot, Kent! I immediately recognized the problem from your reply. I am just starting with python. :) Thanks again! Regards, Senthil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
