[Configobj-develop] syntax

[Alex H. <me...@gm...>]

Hello all,
I am new to this list. I am writing a small application (so small it is 
really just a single script and an ini file). I am trying to read my ini 
file. This was working earlier today, but I put the initial reading in a try 
statement and now nothing works!! Does anyone see anything wrong with the 
below syntax? Note that indents are one space, not four.

iniLoc=os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])+"\\arm.ini"
try:
 ini=ConfigObj('c:\arm\arm.ini', interpolation=False, fileerror=True)
except:
 print("The ARM.ini file was not found or could not be accessed. Please make 
sure no other program is using the file, and that the file "+iniLoc+" 
exists, and try running ARM again.")
 exitProgram()
#end except

The program is called ARM, and the ini file is currently at c:\arm\arm.ini. 
However, the file cannot be found whether I use the iniLoc variable or 
hard-code the location, as I did in the above code.

Also, I found a tutorial earlier today that got me started, but the syntax 
in that tutorial was

file=ConfigObj(r"c:\...")

Note the "r" in front of the path. My program did not work right until I put 
in the "r", but now it seems to make no difference. I cannot imagine what 
this "r" is supposed to do, and I cannot find it in the documentation. Any 
light shed on this would be great. Thanks!

Have a great day,
Alex
Email: me...@gm...