RE: listdir reports [Error 1006] The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid

[Per Olav Kroka]

FYI: the '/*.*' is part of the error message returned. 

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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:40 PM
To: Per Olav Kroka
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Subject: Re: listdir reports [Error 1006] The volume for a file has been
externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid

 PS: Why does the listdir() function add '*.*' to the path?

Don't know what you're talking about. It doesn't do any globbing or add
*.* to the path. Its exclusive purpose is to list the contents of a
directory, so /in a sense/ it does add *.*, but then not adding *.*
would make the function completely useless given its purpose.

 PS2: Why does the listdir() function add '/*.*' to the path on windows

 and not '\\*.*' ?

You can use either directory separator (\ or /) with the Python APIs on
Windows. rc:\WINDOWS\ works just as well as c:/WINDOWS/.

Cheers,
Chris

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Re: listdir reports [Error 1006] The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid

[Chris Rebert]

 PS: Why does the listdir() function add '*.*' to the path?

Don't know what you're talking about. It doesn't do any globbing or
add *.* to the path. Its exclusive purpose is to list the contents
of a directory, so /in a sense/ it does add *.*, but then not adding
*.* would make the function completely useless given its purpose.

 PS2: Why does the listdir() function add '/*.*' to the path on windows and
 not '\\*.*' ?

You can use either directory separator (\ or /) with the Python APIs
on Windows. rc:\WINDOWS\ works just as well as c:/WINDOWS/.

Cheers,
Chris

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