text: p = 'C:\\Users\\venkata\\.cloudmesh\\cmburn\\distributions.yaml'
  p = p.replace("\\","/").replace("C:","/c")
  print(p)
  
  from cloudmesh.common.util import path_expand
  print(path_expand(p))
  
  def writefile(filename, content):
      """
      writes the content into the file
      :param filename: the filename
      :param content: teh content
      :return:
      """
      with open(path_expand(filename), 'w') as outfile:
          outfile.write(content)
  
          outfile.truncate()
  
  writefile(p,"hello")
  