1 min readMar 2, 2020
My validation assumes you’re on Windows.
You should change:
file1test = re.findall(’.+:\/.+\.+.’, file1)
To
file1test = re.findall(’\/.+\.+.’, file1)
Note: I’m on mobile though , so I haven’t tested it; but in summary the validation assumes it links back to some sort of drive.