# Filepath in script

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 25, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filepath-in-script/11112 "2016-01-25T21:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filepath-in-script/11112/2 "2016-01-25T21:25:40Z")

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Backslashes are special in python (and C, and Java, and …). You need to double them up in string constants.

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