code: def get_normalized_path(path):
      
  
      if platform.system() == "Windows" or platform.system() == "Microsoft":
          path = os.path.normpath(path).replace("\\", "\\\\")
          LOGGER.debug("> Path: '{0}', normalized path.".format(path))
          return path
      else:
          path = os.path.normpath(path)
          LOGGER.debug("> Path: '{0}', normalized path.".format(path))
          return path
docs: Normalizes a path, escaping slashes if needed on Windows.
  
      Usage::
  
          >>> get_normalized_path("C:\\Users/johnDoe\\Documents")
          u'C:\\Users\\JohnDoe\\Documents'
  
      :param path: Path to normalize.
      :type path: unicode
      :return: Normalized path.
      :rtype: unicode