Matthew Wilson wrote: > Is there already a tool in the standard library to let me walk up from a > subdirectory to the top of my file system? > > In other words, I'm looking for something like: > > >>> for x in walkup('/home/matt/projects'): > ... print(x) > /home/matt/projects > /home/matt > /home > / > > I know I could build something like this with various os.path > components, but I'm hoping I don't have to. > > TIA > > > Matt
You should take a look at the os.path module. Seems like you might find something in that toolbox for this. --David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list