On Thursday, September 6, 2012 6:19:11 PM UTC-7, Dave Angel wrote: > On 09/06/2012 08:55 PM, ruck wrote: > > > (This with Python 2.7.2 on Windows 7) > > > > > > os.stat() won't recognize a filename ending in period. > > > It will ignore trailing periods. > > > If you ask it about file 'goo...' it will report on file 'goo' > > > And if 'goo' doesn't exist, os.stat will complain. > > > > > > create file goo, then > > > > > > >>> os.stat('goo') > > > nt.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=0L, st_dev=0, st_nlink=0, > > st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_size=0L, st_atime=1346978160L, st_mtime=1346978160L, > > st_ctime=1346978160L) > > > >>> os.stat('goo...') > > > nt.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=0L, st_dev=0, st_nlink=0, > > st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_size=0L, st_atime=1346978160L, st_mtime=1346978160L, > > st_ctime=1346978160L) > > > > > > rename goo to "goo...", then, > > > > > > >>> os.stat('goo...') > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "<pyshell#16>", line 1, in <module> > > > os.stat('goo...') > > > WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: > > 'goo...' > > > > > > Puzzling, to me at least. > > > Any comments? > > > This with Python 2.7.2 on Windows 7. > > > Is there a workaround? > > > Thanks, > > > John > > > > FWIW, it seems to work okay here in Linux 11.04, both Python 2.7 and 3.2 > > > > > > -- > > > > DaveA
Thanks, I agree, I expect this is Windows 7 or win32 specific. Also, in creating a test case to demonstrate, I may have clouded my intent. I want to walk() a dir, reporting the output of os.stat() for files below the dir. One of the existing files happens to be named like "goo..." And os.stat('goo...') fails to see the file. I am not trying to rename the file, just hoping to stat an existing file. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list