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Reputation: 117

Window Error :[Error123] while accessing a window directory

I'm using the following script

import os,sys
folder ='C:\Users\sohan.l\Desktop\New folder (3)\fwdfslabprograms'
for filename in os.listdir(folder):
   infilename = os.path.join(folder,filename)

But it throws the following error, how can I correct it? Error:

WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect:C:\\Users\\sohan.l\\Desktop\\New folder (3)\x0cwdfslabprograms/*.*

Upvotes: 1

Views: 111

Answers (1)

Anshul Goyal
Anshul Goyal

Reputation: 76887

Use a raw string in your script

folder = r'C:\Users\sohan.l\Desktop\New folder (3)\fwdfslabprograms'

As it currently stands, the \f is being read as a unicode character, which gets translated into a \x0c character.

Since the folder name becomes wrong, the particular folder is obviously not found and a WindowsError is thrown.

Upvotes: 3

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