I am developing a program which requires the capability to go through all the files, etc in a set user(determined at user's login, usually their own) and send the results to other modules. I am using Python 2.3 as 2.4 has strange problems with modules like pygame, etc.

Anyway, I found os.walk() and I tried using it, but all I get is a "<generator function at (some hex address)>". I even tried using the examples given in the default help file, but it doesn't work. I was wondering how to properly use os.walk, but any further info would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, the help with the SHA module was invaluable, so thanx to all that helped!

: I am developing a program which requires the capability to go through all the files, etc in a set user(determined at user's login, usually their own) and send the results to other modules. I am using Python 2.3 as 2.4 has strange problems with modules like pygame, etc.
:
: Anyway, I found os.walk() and I tried using it, but all I get is a "<generator function at (some hex address)>". I even tried using the examples given in the default help file, but it doesn't work. I was wondering how to properly use os.walk, but any further info would be greatly appreciated.
:
: BTW, the help with the SHA module was invaluable, so thanx to all that helped!
:

Suppose the /tmp directory contains:

/tmp
    /alfa
        one.txt
        two.txt
    /beta
        /gamma
            three.txt
        four.txt
    five.txt

With this code:

import os
dir_list = os.walk('/tmp')
for i in dir_list:
  print i

You'll recieve:

('/tmp', ['alfa', 'beta'], ['five.txt'])
('/tmp/alfa', [], ['one.txt', 'two.txt'])
('/tmp/beta', ['gamma'], ['four.txt'])
('/tmp/beta/gamma', [], ['three.txt'])

That's a tuple on each run containing the actual path (as a string), the subdirectories (in a list) and the files (in a list) on that level in the filesystem...

os.walk()'s other parameters are well described in the manual.

Hope this helps

Drost

: : I am developing a program which requires the capability to go through all the files, etc in a set user(determined at user's login, usually their own) and send the results to other modules. I am using Python 2.3 as 2.4 has strange problems with modules like pygame, etc.
: :
: : Anyway, I found os.walk() and I tried using it, but all I get is a "<generator function at (some hex address)>". I even tried using the examples given in the default help file, but it doesn't work. I was wondering how to properly use os.walk, but any further info would be greatly appreciated.
: :
: : BTW, the help with the SHA module was invaluable, so thanx to all that helped!
: :
:
: Suppose the /tmp directory contains:
:

: /tmp
:     /alfa
:         one.txt
:         two.txt
:     /beta
:         /gamma
:             three.txt
:         four.txt
:     five.txt
: 

:
: With this code:
:

: import os
: dir_list = os.walk('/tmp')
: for i in dir_list:
:   print i
: 

:
: You'll recieve:
:

: ('/tmp', ['alfa', 'beta'], ['five.txt'])
: ('/tmp/alfa', [], ['one.txt', 'two.txt'])
: ('/tmp/beta', ['gamma'], ['four.txt'])
: ('/tmp/beta/gamma', [], ['three.txt'])
: 

:
: That's a tuple on each run containing the actual path (as a string), the subdirectories (in a list) and the files (in a list) on that level in the filesystem...
:
: os.walk()'s other parameters are well described in the manual.
:
: Hope this helps
:
: Drost
:
Don't worry. I just looked up generators and found the .next() command associated with them. That allowed me to use a recursive function to crawl through ALL files. But thank you for helping.

: Don't worry. I just looked up generators and found the .next() command associated with them. That allowed me to use a recursive function to crawl through ALL files. But thank you for helping.

You shouldn't normally need to write your own recursive function to call a generator's next() method. os.walk is already recursive. Generators are specifically designed to be used in "for" loops. I use os.walk all the time like this:

root = "C:\\Development"
for dir, subdirs, files in os.walk(root):
    for f in files:
        if f[-4:].lower() == '.vbp':
            print os.path.join(dir, f)

This will find every visual basic project file anywhere under my C:\Development folder.


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