New submission from Chris Adamson <cadam...@internode.on.net>: When I iterate through a list created using os.listdir it seems to grow as I create files in that directory. I want a static copy of the list of files in the directory prior to me writing new files into it.
Here is my code: fileList = os.listdir(temporaryDirectory) for curFile in fileList: # print the file list to see if it is indeed growing print FileList fp = file(os.path.join(temporaryDirectory, "." + curFile), 'w') # write stuff fp.close() Here is the output: ['a', 'b', 'c'] ['a', 'b', 'c', '.a'] ['a', 'b', 'c', '.a', '.b'] ['a', 'b', 'c', '.a', '.b', '.c'] So the list is growing and eventually curFile iterates through the list of files that were created. This behaviour was unwanted in my case and I couldn't find any documentation about this. ---------- components: None messages: 93255 nosy: bigaddo severity: normal status: open title: os.listdir behaviour type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7017> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com