Hi Tim, That does the trick! Now my gui remains responsive during the long search time.
Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Golden Sent: 30 December 2004 10:54 To: python-list@python.org Subject: RE: Is there a better way of listing Windows shares other than us ing "os.listdir" [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I'm currently using "os.listdir" to obtain the contents of | some slow Windows shares. I think I've seen another way of | doing this using the win32 library but I can't find the | example anymore. It may be FindFilesIterator, recently added to the win32file module in pywin32. I don't know if it's any more efficient than an os.listdir (which may use it under the covers, for all I know) but it certainly works: <code> import win32file for file_data in win32file.FindFilesIterator ("c:/temp/*"): ( attr, ctime, atime, wtime, size_hi, size_lo, r0, r1, longname, shortname ) = file_data print longname </code> TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
