os.listdir for path contain blank

Question

this very weird problem my code works fine in my machine (Linux mint) but it shows error in my server

here's the code -note i've make it abspath even it was works fine without it in my machine !

def GET_Contents(filepath):
    return os.listdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.join('files', filepath.strip())))

here's the the given exception return os.listdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.join('files', filepath.strip()))) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/hamoud/webapps/FileManager/files/EE201/MID 1'

the problem occurs only with the folders that contains spaces (like MID 1)

Answer 1

Spaces are fine and allowed in Windows paths too.

You need to verify that your working directory is correct (since you use a relative path, os.path.abspath() will base the absolute path of the current working directory in that case).

If the base path is correct, check that there really is a MID 1 directory at that location. Perhaps check the parent directory with os.listdir(os.path.abspath('files')) first to see what is really located there.