from xml.dom import minidom try:     xmlfile = open("path.xml", "a+")     #xmldoc = minidom.parse( sys.argv[1])     xmldoc = minidom.parse(xmlfile) except :     #updatelogger.error( "Can't parse Xml File." )     sys.exit(0)   ClientOutputPath = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('D')[0].attributes['path'].value OutputPath = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('h')[0].attributes['path'].value BasePath = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].attributes['path'].value ToolPath = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('ub')[0].attributes['path'].value ToolPath_2 = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('ub')[1].attributes['path'].value   ClientOutputPath.replace( "\\", "\\\\" ) OutputPath.replace( "\\", "\\\\" ) BasePath.replace( "\\", "\\\\" ) ToolPath.replace( "\\", "\\\\" )   print ClientOutputPath print OutputPath print BasePath print ToolPath print ToolPath_2