On 04/28/2013 08:17 PM, mike wrote:

    <SNIP>


def sync_new():
     durFind = raw_input("Enter the duration of time in days you want to
link")
     durFind = int(durFind)
     fileExcl = "*torrent*"
     linkNew = ['find', '%s' % musicDir, '-maxdepth 2', '-mtime %s' %
durFind, '-not', '-name', '%s' % fileExcl, '-exec addsync {} \;']
     subprocess.call(linkNew)

       <SNIP>

Running the script with the pushnew argument results in the following
error from find:

find: unknown predicate `-maxdepth 2'

I'm thinking this is also related to my usage of subprocess? I just
started carving this out right now so I'm still debugging but if anyone
sees anything obvious I would appreciate it.


Your linkNew list doesn't have separate items for each argument to find. The first example is that "-maxdepth" and "2" should be separate list items. The only other spot I notice is the -exec item, which should be distinct from the following.

I don't understand why you have things like '%s' % musicDir, when musicDir is already a string. That list item should be just musicDir, which would read much better.


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DaveA
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