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Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence

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On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2015-05-21, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
>> import glob
>> print(glob.glob("c:/abc/def/ghjmain/features/XYZ/*<filename>"))
>>
>> Don't use backslashes \ as they have special meaning to Python. Use forward
>> slashes and let Python convert them as needed.
>
> Interesting. I've never heard about this.
>
> When will Python convert them?

Actually, it won't ever bother to convert them. The Windows file
system APIs are quite happy to work with forward slashes; it's only
command-line tools (which conventionally use forward slashes to
introduce options), and not all of them, which require backslashes.

You may want to consider explicitly converting them in your own code,
prior to showing a path to a human; but even back in the 1990s, it
wasn't uncommon for cross-platform programs to mix and match - for
instance, if you unzip something into C:\Foo\Bar, you'd get output
like "Inflating C:\Foo\Bar/usr/lib/whatever". I'd have no objections
to a program using forward slashes all the way.

ChrisA

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Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence chaotic.sid@gmail.com - 2015-05-20 22:34 -0700
  Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-21 18:07 +1000
    Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-05-21 10:54 +0200
    Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2015-05-21 10:06 +0100
    Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-21 14:14 +0000
      Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-22 00:27 +1000
        Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-21 16:31 +0000
          Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-05-21 17:54 +0100
      Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2015-05-21 15:32 +0100

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