When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing something. Both os.path and glob.glob seem not to see a folder I created. Other sibling folders seem to work fine. On a whim I tried paths with \\ double slashes and that worked. But why should single slashes work for some folders and not for others ??
What I need is to match a bunch of files in a folder with glob.glob(C:\enhancement\rawfiles\*.bin.gz) and send them to a function that unzips them. But I always get []. Yes the folder does have my files, and I checked all permissions etc, everything looks identical to the other folders which python IS seeing. Same problem on my vista pc too. Behaviour reproduced below. C:\Enhancement>dir /ad Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 8056-41E7 Directory of C:\Enhancement 08/28/2007 06:15 PM <DIR> . 08/28/2007 06:15 PM <DIR> .. 08/28/2007 06:07 PM <DIR> BSA Documentation 08/28/2007 05:56 PM <DIR> output 08/29/2007 07:08 PM <DIR> rawfiles 08/23/2007 04:38 PM <DIR> SnapCell2.3.2 08/28/2007 06:15 PM <DIR> test 0 File(s) 0 bytes 7 Dir(s) 35,703,283,712 bytes free C:\>python -V Python 2.5.1 C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\output')" True C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\rawfiles')" False C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\\enhancement\\rawfiles')" True C:\>python -c "import glob; print glob.glob('C:\enhancement\rawfiles\*')" [] C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\test')" False C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\snapcell2.3.2')" True -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list