#!/usr/bin/python

import sysconfig
sysconfig_output_before = sysconfig._getuserbase()
sysconfig_output_after = '\\'.join(sysconfig_output_before.split('/'))
print sysconfig_output_before
print sysconfig_output_after

##</code><code>##

/home/user/PythonVirtualEnvironment/bin/python /home/user/Downloads/PythonProject/test.py
/home/user/.local
\home\user\.local

##</code><code>##

1. the directory from which the application loaded.
2. the current directory
3. the Windows system directory
4. the Windows directory
5. the directories in the PATH environment variable

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $path_before = qx(/home/user/Downloads/PythonProject/test.py 2>&1);
print "Befofe: " . $path_before;

my $path_new = $path_before;
$path_new =~ s{/}{\\}g; # Use s/\\/\//g;
print "After: " . $path_new;

__END__

perl test_2.pl
Befofe: /home/user/.local
After: \home\user\.local