2009/4/12 Dominique <mydom...@gmail.com>: > With r before the path of the software, it works perfectly. > subprocess.Popen([r"C:\Program Files\Editra\Editra.exe", filename]) > I saw that once but I don't remember and cannot find the reason for the use > of r.
The r means the string is a raw string. > I'll try not to forget to test with and without r in case a file access > doesn't > work. The real issue is what Alan pointed out. The backlash is an escape character and if you want to use it in a string should be escaped by a backlash.Using a raw string will give the same result as 'C:\\Program Files\\Editra\\Editra.exe' Greets Sander _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
