Hi Kent and Allen - thanks for the responses ... I was sure there was some part of the "search" I wasn't getting, but with your follow-up questions it seemed something else was amiss ...
So, I went back to re-create the problem with some more python output to show you and realized my mistake. Sigh. All the files were DSC_00XX ... and then one I had chosen to test didn't have any thumbnails. So, of course, I wasn't getting any responses ... though, because the filenames were so close, I sure thought I should have been. Good lesson here is: check the variables ! My goal is to delete the main image plus its thumbnails in one fell swoop -- I plan to use fnmatch to do that (though glob works too). Unless there is something else I should consider? For those who stumble like me, here is what is working. Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:31:22) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. (InteractiveConsole) >>> from kissfist.read.models import Issue #custom model that stores issue info >>> import os, fnmatch, glob >>> i = Issue.objects.get(pk=1) # get the first issue (contains cover path) >>> i.cover.path '/media/uploads/issue-covers/DSC_0065.jpg' >>> working_dir, file_name = os.path.split(i.cover.path) >>> file_base, file_ext = os.path.splitext(file_name) >>> glob_text = file_base + "*" + file_ext >>> for f in os.listdir(working_dir): ... if fnmatch.fnmatch(f, glob_text): ... print f ... DSC_0065.400x400.jpg DSC_0065.jpg DSC_0065.300.jpg >>> os.chdir(working_dir) >>> glob.glob(glob_text) ['DSC_0065.400x400.jpg', 'DSC_0065.jpg', 'DSC_0065.300.jpg'] Thanks again. Damon On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Alan Gauld<[email protected]> wrote: > > "Damon Timm" <[email protected]> wrote > >> And I thought I could just construct something for glob or fnmatch like: >> >> glob.glob("DSC_0065*.jpg") --or-- fnmatch.fnmatch(file, "DSC_0065*.jpg") >> >> But I'm not getting anywhere. > > Can you give is a clue as to what you are getting? > What is happening and what do you experct to happen? > Are you finding any files? some files? too many files? > Do you get an error message? > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
