Hi Jussi, You answered my questions - thank you! Malcolm
<snipped> > 1. The signature for glob.glob() is "glob.glob(pathname, *, > recursive=False)". What is the meaning of the 2nd parameter listed > with an asterisk? It's not a parameter. It's special syntax to indicate that the remaining parameters are keyword-only. > 2. Is there a technique for using glob.glob() to recognize files and > folders that begin with a period, eg. ".profile"? The documentation > states: "If the directory contains files starting with . they won’t > be matched by default.". Any suggestions on what the non-default > approach is to match these type of files? Glob with a pattern that starts with a dot. Glob twice if you want both kinds. Or look into that fnmatch that is referenced from glob documentation and said not to consider leading dots special. </snipped> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
