On Tuesday 04 December 2007 08:33:13 am Nate Lowrie wrote:
>
> Also note that instead of combining things by yourself, you can use
> the os.path.join function. It takes any number of arguments and will
> automatically add in the right separator. Ex. os.path.join("usr",
> "local", "MyDirectory", "MyFile") will spit back
> "/usr/local/MyDirectory/MyFile" on Linux.
>
> It you have to write some code that deals with files and directories,
> you should never need an if statement checking for platform. Use the
> Standard Library and you won't regret it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nate L.
Again Nate you are correct and please keep them coming (your comments that
is). I actually did it that way in the first draft of my code. But then I
realized it detracted from the points I was attempting to make. IOWs it one
more item that should be explained and I wanted anybody reading the code to
understand what was happening without looking up the os module.
But this is a great sidebar!!!!!!!!!!
--
John Fabiani
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