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    "## File paths"
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    "- Windows filenames: \n",
    "    - Uses backslash\n",
    "    - C:\\some_folder\\some_file.txt\n",
    "\n",
    "- Most other operating systems:(UNIX,Linux)\n",
    "    - Forward slash\n",
    "    - /some_folder/some_file.txt\n",
    "    \n",
    "- Reason:The forward slash character was already taken by UNIX when windows was made so they used a backslash instead."
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    "- Relative path: The path relative to the folder we are currently working in.\n",
    "- Absolute path: The path that is relative to the operating system"
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    "- If you want your Python code to work on both Windows and Mac/Linux, you’ll need to deal with these kinds of platform-specific issues. \n",
    "\n",
    "- Luckily, Python 3 has a new module called pathlib that makes working with files nearly painless."
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    "- we have to provide path \n",
    "- path->all directories+file name\n",
    "\n",
    "- If we just give file name\n",
    "    - Python considers it relative\n",
    "        - relative to cwd (os.cwd)\n",
    "    - For absolute path\n",
    "        - Linux: Starts with (/) /home/alarm/filename.txt \n",
    "        - starts with C:\\"
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    "- you can use os module or pathlib module or defining paths manually(worst) for the same"
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