Question

Any ideas why this will not join properly in Python 2.6 Win?

import os

myPath = "\\\\192.168.1.50\\Shared"
myPath2 = "\\Folder2"
myFile = "1.txt"

print os.path.join(myPath, myPath2, myFile)

Result:

\Folder2\1.txt

I was expecting the result to be “\\192.168.1.50\Shared\Folder2\1.txt” !

Answer 1

Join is a convenience function, it is not too intelligent. For example, it does not verify existence of paths, etc. It just follows some formal rules.

As of your question, remove extra slash in myPath2 definition.

import os

myPath = "\\\\192.168.1.50\\Shared"
myPath2 = "Folder2"
myFile = "1.txt"

print os.path.join(myPath, myPath2, myFile)

gives \\192.168.1.50\Shared\Folder2\1.txt

You will have same problem with ordinary paths:

import os

myPath = "C:\\Shared"
myPath2 = "\\Folder2"
myFile = "1.txt"

print os.path.join(myPath, myPath2, myFile)

gives \Folder2\1.txt