>> list = [] >> Reading further, one sees that the function works with two lists, a list of >> file names, unfortunately called 'list', > > That is very good advice in general: never choose a variable name > that is a keyword.
Btw, shouldn't it be illegal anyway? Most compilers don't let you do use a keyword as a variable name.... -- MarkJ Tacoma, Washington -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list