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

Answer 1

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')

Answer 2

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)

Answer 3

Do a import os and then use os.sep

Answer 4

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)

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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"))