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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Find if a file existing within 1000s of folder/sub-folder - each file has a unique presence
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 14:14:11 +0000 (UTC)
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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?

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