Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi. How can I list root and only one level down? I've tried setting dirs >= [] if root != start root, but it doesn't work. I clearly don't >understand how the function works. I'd be grateful for some pointers.
The statement dir = [] does not actually change the list that was passed in. It creates a NEW empty list and binds it to "dir". If you want to empty the "dir" variable, try: del dir[:] -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list