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Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03'

From Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03'
Date 2011-07-19 13:51 -0400
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On 7/19/2011 2:15 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> Nulpum wrote:
>>> I want to make sure that folder exists.
>>>
>>> '2011-07-03' is really exists. but 'os.path.isdir' say false
>>>
>>> Does anyone know why?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>>>> print "logs/2011-07-03"
>> logs/2011-07-03
>>>>> print "logs\2011-07-03"
>> logs�1-07-03
>>
>> Don't use backslashes as path separators in Python. Backslashes are used
>> for string escapes.
>
> Besides that, and permission issues, ISTM that there are Unicode characters
> (at least non-ASCII characters) in the OP's path, which means they should
> declare
>
> # encoding: utf-8

That is the default in Py3. Not sure of OP specified what he used.
>
> or something else fitting, and use
>
> os.path.isdir(u"C:/Users/조창준/Desktop/logs/2011-07-03")
>

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Nulpum <changjun.cho@gmail.com> - 2011-07-18 21:25 -0700
  Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Kushal Das <kushaldas@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 10:11 +0530
  Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-19 14:42 +1000
    Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-19 08:15 +0200
      Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Changjun <changjun.cho@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 01:25 -0700
      Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-19 13:51 -0400
    Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-19 08:30 +0200
      Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-19 17:26 +1000
        Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-19 07:22 -0700
    Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Nulpum <changjun.cho@gmail.com> - 2011-07-19 00:21 -0700
  Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak@hrivnak.org> - 2011-07-19 00:42 -0400
  Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Rob Williscroft <rtw@rtw.me.uk> - 2011-07-19 04:56 +0000
  Re: os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03' Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-19 14:21 +0000

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