The problem doesn't seem to be python-specific; it appears the underlying FindNext function in the Windows API just keeps returning the same file name instead of moving on.
In VBA in Access 2010: Public Sub test2(pattern) Dim fn As String fn = Dir$(pattern) Do While fn <> "" Debug.Print fn fn = Dir$() Loop End Sub When I execute with test2("Z:BSTImport.py") this loops, apparently forever, with each iteration returning BSTImport.py. If I give it *.py as the pattern it prints 2 files (correctly) and exits. I assume the first call to Dir$ does FindFirst and the later ones do FindNext. Using the complete path name doesn't help. This seems both bizarre and a sign that my installation of Windows (not python for windows) is pretty messed up. Ross ________________________________________ From: python-win32 <python-win32-bounces+ross.boylan=ucsf....@python.org> on behalf of ckk...@hoc.net <ckk...@hoc.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:48:21 AM To: python-win32@python.org Subject: Re: [python-win32] win32api.FindFiles hangs Works just fine on my windows7 machine with python2.7 64bit and pywin32-221 It yields results for both existing and non existing files. Christian Am 2018-12-05 01:20, schrieb ross.boy...@ucsf.edu: > win32api.FindFiles() works when the argument is "*" or "*.py". It > works, in the sense of returning an empty list, if the argument is a > random name not present in the directory. But it fails with > "BSTImport.py", as well as the name of every file in the directory > that I've tried. > ________________________________________ > From: Boylan, Ross > Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 5:12 PM > To: python-win32@python.org > Subject: win32api.FindFiles hangs (was COM registration hangs up: 32 > bit Python 3.7 on 64 bit Win 7) > > I tried using my 64 bit Python 3.6 and ran into the same problem. > Tracing through with pdb, the following line seems to be where it hung > up: >> c:\program >> files\python36\lib\site-packages\win32com\server\register.py(419)RegisterClasses() > -> moduleName = > os.path.splitext(win32api.FindFiles(sys.argv[0])[0][8])[0] > (Pdb) n > > Is this some kind of string conversion issue? My installation is > borked? > Manual debugging statements show sys.argv[0] is 'BSTImport.py'. > > win32api.FindFiles('BSTImport.py') > in a python 3.7 shell (32 bit) hangs. > > I think I installed pywin32 via pip. > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32