Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
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Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
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[Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
Hi.I wrote a python script that goes through a specified directory and returns a list of all the files that haven't been modified since a certain date. I was hoping to be able to then continue with the program to bring up dos, and zip, then move the files (to my external hard drive). I have Windows XP. I don't know if it's okay to ask about Dos in python mailing list, so I hope it's alright. Here is my program, I don't know if there are any formatting rules for posting programs, so I hope this will sufice.import os, sys, timedef earlierThan (path, year, exclude=[]):all = []walk = os.walk(path)for root, dirs, files in walk:for i in files: try:if (time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(root + \\ + i))[0] yearand doesNotHave(exclude, root)) : all.append(root + \\ + i)except OSError: #I think that I might need a more specific error message, as this one would handle something #That's not necessarily a broken file name. (I got one of them when I ran it).print root + \\ + i + was not included in the listreturn all def doesNotHave(exclude, root):for x in exclude:if root.startswith(x) -1:return Falsereturn TrueI've had little experience with dos. I believe I should use the COMPACT, and then the MOVE dos command... Would it go something like this?g = earlierThan(G:\My Documents, 2007, [Music])for x in g: os.system(COMPACT /F + x) os.sytem(MOVE + x + + H:\Backup)Thanks _ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your fix. http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
Timothy Sikes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
I don't know if it's okay to ask about Dos in python mailing list,
If its related to programming in python as well its fine :-)
I don't know if there are any formatting rules for posting programs
It helps if we can see the formatting, especially since Python
relies on layout. This was just a mess on my screen!
I've tried to sort it out...
---
import os, sys, time
def earlierThan (path, year, exclude=[]):
all = []
walk = os.walk(path)
for root, dirs, files in walk:
for i in files:
try:
if (time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(root + \\ +
i))[0] year
and doesNotHave(exclude, root)) :
all.append(root + \\ + i)
except OSError:
#I think that I might need a more specific error
message,
#as this one would handle something
#That's not necessarily a broken file name. (I got
one of them when I ran it).
print root + \\ + i + was not included in the
list
return all
def doesNotHave(exclude, root):
for x in exclude:
if root.startswith(x) -1:
return False
return True
--
That last function is a little odd. startswith already returns
a boolean so comparing to -1 is weird. I'm not sure what
you think it will do.
Consider:
'fred'.startswith('x')
False
'fred'.startswith('x') -1
True
'fred'.startswith('f') -1
True
I'm not sure when it would ever fail the test so I think your
function will nearly always return False.
I've had little experience with dos. I believe I should use the
COMPACT, and then the MOVE dos command... Would
it go something like this?
You could use these but you'd be better just using Python
to do it via the shutil and os modules and avoid the DOS
commands completely IMHO.
HTH,
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
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reply-type=original Timothy Sikes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I
don't know if it's okay to ask about Dos in python mailing list, If its
related to programming in python as well its fine :-) I don't know if
there are any formatting rules for posting programs It helps if we can see
the formatting, especially since Python relies on layout. This was just a
mess on my screen! I've tried to sort it out...
I can't seem to figure out how to make hotmail keep those spaces and new
lines. ah oh well
--- import os, sys, time def
earlierThan (path, year, exclude=[]): all = [] walk = os.walk(path) for
root, dirs, files in walk: for i in files: try: if
(time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(root + \\ + i))[0] year and
doesNotHave(exclude, root)) : all.append(root + \\ + i) except
OSError: #I think that I might need a more specific error message, #as
this one would handle something #That's not necessarily a broken file
name. (I got one of them when I ran it). print root + \\ + i + was
not included in the list return all def doesNotHave(exclude, root):
for x in exclude: if root.startswith(x) -1: return False return True
-- That last function is a
little odd. startswith already returns a boolean so comparing to -1 is
weird. I'm not sure what you think it will do.
yeah, I meant to have it as .find()
Consider: 'fred'.startswith('x') False 'fred'.startswith('x')
-1 True 'fred'.startswith('f') -1 True I'm not sure when
it would ever fail the test so I think your function will nearly always
return False. I've had little experience with dos. I believe I should
use the COMPACT, and then the MOVE dos command... Would it go
something like this? You could use these but you'd be better just using
Python to do it via the shutil and os modules and avoid the DOS commands
completely IMHO.
Okay, I've found the move command from the shutil module, but I don't see one
that compressess files... Are there some? or am I just not seeing
them...thanks. HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web
site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
On Jan 24, 2008 5:28 PM, Timothy Sikes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting the Digest version of the mailing list, if there's any better way to respond to a specific message, I would like to know. thanks : I also originally signed up for the digest - it drove me up the wall, so I subscribed to the regular feed instead. Lots more individual messages, but I have them filtered into a separate folder. Much, much easier to write replies this way. -- www.fsrtechnologies.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
I've had little experience with dos. I believe I should use the COMPACT, and then the MOVE dos command... Would it go something like this? You could use these but you'd be better just using Python to do it via the shutil and os modules and avoid the DOS commands completely IMHO. Python has the zipfile module which is very handy to use, which wasn't mentioned but provides the zip functionality that the OP was looking for. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Dos and os.walk with Python
Timothy Sikes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I'm getting the Digest version of the mailing list, if there's any better way to respond to a specific message, I would like to know. thanks : I used to use the digest before switching to the gmane news feed. I seem to recall there are two digest settings. One sends all the messages in one long message the other sends all the messages as attachments. The second method makes replying easier. I think its called Mime style? But its been a while... Alan G. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
