os.path.isdir() returns False even when folder exists

Question

I\'m currently writing a script which has to check if all specified folders actually exist. I found out I have to use os.path.isdir() with absolute paths.

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Answer 1

When you are using

os.path.normpath(your_path)

you get rit of frontslash/backslash problemens. (But it can change the meaning, so just know what you are doing. But for normal paths there is no problem)

https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/os.path.html#os.path.normpath

Works very well :)

Answer 2

Escape backslash (\)

os.path.isdir('X:\\pythonscripts\\src')

or use raw string:

os.path.isdir(r'X:\pythonscripts\src')

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without escape, you get wrong path:

>>> '\f'
'\x0c'
>>> print '\f'

>>> print '\\f'
\f
>>> print r'\f'
\f

Answer 3

Rather than use \, you might want to use the os.path.sep so that your code works on other platforms, then you don't have to escape these either.