>> Why isn't this function in the os module with the other file commands? > > I don't know why they are broken up in this way. The glob module also > has some file access commands.
For the most part, the 'os' module follows the interface functions that C provides to access the operating system. We can think of 'os' as the foundation for other high-level modules like 'shutil'. But there's probably a bit of historical cruft involved here too. os.path.walk() and os.walk() duplicate each other's behavior, but neither can be removed without some effort. Legacy is a hard nut to crack. As another concrete example, we can look at 'fnmatch', whose functions should really live in the 'glob' module. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
