pymel is super useful for this
import pymel.core as pm
# GET A LIST OF REFERENCES
refs = pm.listReferences()
# LOOP THROUGH AND PRINT THE PATH# for ref in refs:
# PATH
print("path: %s"% ref.path)
# NAMESPACE
print("namespace: %s" % ref.namespace)
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Sivanny Selvakumar <
sivanny.selvaku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> `file -q -list` will return all the file reference paths and string
> attributes marked as usedAsFilename. So it saves you from having to iterate
> over the nodes in the scene yourself. This is how Maya gets a list of files
> for the File > Archive Scene feature. You can also access this
> functionality from outside Maya with the `maya.exe -archive <scene_file>`
> flag.
>
> As long as your plugin nodes mark their file path attributes as
> usedAsFilename, or override the MPxNode::getFilesToArchive function, it
> should pick up the paths.
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 8:59:47 AM UTC-7, Marcus Ottosson wrote:
>>
>> I’m looking for a way to list all nodes that somehow reference an
>> external file; be it references, textures, or some obscure custom node with
>> an attribute for paths.
>>
>> I was looking at the cmds.filePathEditor
>> <http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/filePathEditor.html>
>> which is close.
>>
>> >>> cmds.filePathEditor(query=True, listDirectories="")
>> [list of paths]
>>
>> But it doesn’t show me which nodes are responsible for these paths, and
>> doesn’t show me the full filenames.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> --
>> *Marcus Ottosson*
>> konstr...@gmail.com
>>
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