UnicodeDecodeError: problem when path contain folder start with character 'u'

[aberry]

I am facing an error on Unicode decoding of path if it contain a folder/file name starting with character 'u'

>>> fp = "C:\\ab\\anil"
>>> unicode(fp, "unicode_escape")
u'C:\x07b\x07nil' 
>>> fp = "C:\\ab\\unil"
>>> unicode(fp, "unicode_escape")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#41>", line 1, in <module>
    unicode(fp, "unicode_escape")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 5-9: end of string in escape sequence
>>>

I am not sure what is causing this error.
any help appreciated

Rgds,
aberry

[YarrOfDoom]

I'm guessing it's seeing \unil as Unicode-Escape encoding.

On that page is also an explanation of how to use a string's encode-function, which might be better suited in this case.