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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter
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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

by Alan D. Moore
May 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
452 pages
11h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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Path separators and drives

When it comes to identifying locations on a filesystem, operating systems generally use one of the following two models:

  • Windows/DOS: In this model, each partition or device is assigned a volume label (usually a single letter), and each volume has its own filesystem tree. Paths are separated by a backslash (\) character. This system is used by Windows, DOS, and VMS.
  • Unix: In this model, there is one filesystem tree, into which devices and partitions are mounted at arbitrary points. Paths are separated by a forward slash (/). This model is used by macOS, Linux, BSD, iOS, Android, and other Unix-like operating systems.

Thus, a path like E:\Server\Files\python is meaningless on Linux or macOS, while a path like ...

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