On May 16, 10:12 am, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently working on putting together a free, open source, > anti-spyware program for the Mac (and eventually for other OS's too.) > However, there's one thing that I am currently trying to figure out: > > How do I, in Python, obtain a recursive list of files in a specified > directory, including the subdirectories, etc? For example, in the old > MS-DOS days, we could specify at the command prompt "DIR /S" and this > would provide a listing of all files, including those in subdirectories, > no matter how far down the branch they were. How can this be done with > Python? > > P.S. I have been searching Google, but haven't found the answer yet. >
Try reading the Python docs instead :-) In general, anyone doing anything much with files and directories should know what's in the os and os.path modules. In particular, os.walk is probably what you are looking for. HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
