I have the same exact directory structure within a folder in Windows & in Linux (Debian) - where the script is along the static + dataoutput folders How come the following code works fine in Windows, but gives a no such file or directory path error in linux? @app.route('/_getdataoutputfilelisting') def getdataoutputfilelisting(): listoffilesindataouput = getfiles('static/dataoutput') return jsonify(listoffiles = listoffilesindataouput) def getfiles(dirpath): a = [s for s in os.listdir(dirpath) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dirpath, s))] a.sort(key=lambda s: os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(dirpath, s))) a.reverse() return a Is there a way to make it universal such that it works in both OSs? Thanks