Thanks, guys. So overall, would it just be easier (and not too rigged) if any changes were made by just editing the text file? I want to do this project the right way, but if it's going to be a big pain to implement the edit function, just modifying the text file directly isn't that big of a deal..
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > D wrote: > > Hi, I currently have a Python app with a Tkinter GUI frontend that I > > use for system administration. Everytime it launches, it reads a text > > file which contains info about each host I wish to monitor - each field > > (such as IP, hostname, etc.) is delimited by !!. Now, I want to be > > able to edit host information from within the GUI - what would be the > > best way to go about this? Basically I just need to either edit the > > original host line, or write a new host line and delete the > > original..thanks! > > Might be overkill - but pickle the data memeber that contains the > information. If you use text instead of binary pickling it should > still be editable by hand. for a single line of text it may be a bit > much - but it's still probably quicker than opening a file, parsing > etc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list