Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-27 Thread Shriphani
Hello, Would that mean that if I wanted to append all the (date, time) tuples to a list, I should do something like: for file in list_of_backup_files: some_list.append(file) By the way I did this: def listAllbackups(filename): list_of_backups =

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-27 Thread Steve Holden
Shriphani wrote: Hello, Would that mean that if I wanted to append all the (date, time) tuples to a list, I should do something like: for file in list_of_backup_files: some_list.append(file) That would be one way to do it (assuming you started with some_list as an empty list). But a

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-27 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:16:59 -0400, Steve Holden wrote: Shriphani wrote: Hello, Would that mean that if I wanted to append all the (date, time) tuples to a list, I should do something like: for file in list_of_backup_files: some_list.append(file) That would be one way to do it

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-27 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:44:08 -0300, Shriphani [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribi�: def listAllbackups(filename): list_of_backups = glob(home+'/Desktop/backupdir/*%s*'%filename) for element in list_of_back: if element.find(file) != -1: date_components

comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-25 Thread Shriphani
Hello all, I have a problem here. I have a list named list_of_files which contains filenames with their timestamps attached to the name. If I have a string fstab, and I want to list out the files in whose names the word fstab appears should I go about like this : def listAllbackups(file):

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-25 Thread Evan Klitzke
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 08:39 -0700, Shriphani wrote: Hello all, I have a problem here. I have a list named list_of_files which contains filenames with their timestamps attached to the name. If I have a string fstab, and I want to list out the files in whose names the word fstab appears should

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-25 Thread Matimus
Shriphani wrote: Hello all, I have a problem here. I have a list named list_of_files which contains filenames with their timestamps attached to the name. If I have a string fstab, and I want to list out the files in whose names the word fstab appears should I go about like this : def

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-25 Thread Larry Bates
Shriphani wrote: Hello all, I have a problem here. I have a list named list_of_files which contains filenames with their timestamps attached to the name. If I have a string fstab, and I want to list out the files in whose names the word fstab appears should I go about like this : def

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-25 Thread Steve Holden
Larry Bates wrote: Shriphani wrote: Hello all, I have a problem here. I have a list named list_of_files which contains filenames with their timestamps attached to the name. If I have a string fstab, and I want to list out the files in whose names the word fstab appears should I go about like

Re: comparing elements of a list with a string

2007-09-25 Thread byte8bits
On Sep 25, 11:39 am, Shriphani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I have a string fstab, and I want to list out the files in whose names the word fstab appears should I go about like this : def listAllbackups(file): list_of_files = os.listdir(/home/shriphani/backupdir) for element in