Python os.rename "\" and "/" cross-platform issue

Question

I'm trying to make a cross-platform program that move a file to a folder inside the user home folder, like this:

os.rename(file_var, destination_folder)

but I can't make it work because I need to put the file name inside the destination var, and the problem is the Windows "\"

what are my options?

So use the `os.path` module to handle paths in a cross-platform manner. — Martijn Pieters, Aug 16 '17 at 17:02

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '17 at 17:07

do this: for example you want this path:

'+pathfile+'/output/log.txt'

instead of typing a string, join them like this:

os.path.join(pathfile,"output","log.txt")

NOTE:

according to this post / works both in windows and linux, i always use os.path.join()

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