How to use directory separator in both Linux and Windows in Python

Question

I have written a code in python which uses   to make a particular file in a folder  if I want to use the code in windows it will not work  is there a way by which I can use the code in Windows and Linux   In python I am using this code   pathfile os path dirname templateFile  rootTree write    pathfile   output log txt     When I will use my code in suppose windows machine my code will not work   How do I use      directory separator  in both Linux and Windows

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os path normpath pathname  should also be mentioned as it converts   path separators into   separators on Windows  It also collapses redundant uplevel references    i e   A B and A foo    B and A   B all become A B   And if you are Windows  these all become A B

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Use   import os print os sep   to see how separator looks on a current OS  In your code you can use   import os path   os path join  folder name    file name

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Use os path join    Example  os path join pathfile  output   log txt     In your code that would be  rootTree write os path join pathfile  output   log txt

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If you are fortunate enough to be running Python 3 4   you can use pathlib   from pathlib import Path  path   Path dir  subdir  filename     returns a path of the system s path flavour   or  equivalently   path   Path dir    subdir   filename

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You can use os sep    gt  gt  gt  import os  gt  gt  gt  os sep

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You can use  os sep         import os  pathfile os path dirname templateFile   directory   str pathfile  os sep  output  os sep  log txt   rootTree write directory

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Don t build directory and file names your self  use python s included libraries    In this case the relevant one is os path  Especially join which creates a new pathname from a directory and a file name or directory and split that gets the filename from a full path   Your example would be   pathfile os path dirname templateFile  p   os path join pathfile   output   p   os path join  p   log txt   rootTree write p

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Some useful links that will help you    os sep os path os pathsep

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Do a import os and then use os sep

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