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On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:46:17 +0200, "Fokke Nauta"
<fnautaNO@SPAMsolfon.nl> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:


> -------------------------------------------
> Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on 
> win32
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
> >>> import os.path
> >>> os.path.isdir(path_name)
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
>     os.path.isdir(path_name)
> NameError: name 'path_name' is not defined
> >>>
> -------------------------------------------
>
	"path_name" is a placeholder -- you're supposed to put in the exact
string(s) you have been trying in the configuration file (wrap the
string in quotes).

>>> import os.path
>>> os.path.isdir("e:\webdav")
False
>>> os.mkdir("e:\webdav")
>>> os.path.isdir("e:\webdav")
True
>>> os.path.isdir("e:\webdav\\")
Traceback (  File "<interactive input>", line 1
    os.path.isdir("e:\webdav\")
                              ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
>>> os.path.isdir("e:\webdav\\")
True
>>> os.path.isdir("e:\webdav/")
True
>>> os.path.isdir("e:/webdav/")
True
>>> os.path.isdir("e:/webdav")
True
>>> os.rmdir("e:/webdav")
>>> os.path.isdir("e:\webdav")
False
>>> 

	Note that Python itself (and the C-runtime) doesn't care if the
separator is \ or / or even mixed; it is just the Windows command line
that uses \ for separator and / for options. (Python, however, uses \ as
an escape and \" is treated first, hence the need for \\" to escape the
\ itself)
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