Because I have nothing better to do with my time right now and I wanted to do this at some point anyway: https://gist.github.com/4709191
You may need to switch up lines 20 and 21 if you intend to read in an actual XML file (which you probably will) but you can look at the ElementTree docs in that case. -------------------------------------------- Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > xml is fine to deal with structures such as directories 1:1. > Have a look at Python's element tree (etree), it will get you a lot closer > as it's the module intended for use with tree-like abstraction and > reconsolidation. > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm having a minor brain melt down... I know I have done this before, but >> my brain is not co-operating with me today. >> >> I have a xml file that kind of looks like this >> >> <dir> >> <dir name="images"> >> <dir name="nuke" /> >> <dir name="maya" /> >> </dir> >> <dir name="cache"> >> <dir name="sim"> >> <dir name="ice" /> >> <dir name="nucleus" /> >> </dir> >> </dir> >> </dir> >> >> >> And I'm trying to use xml.dom.minidom to create a folder structure from >> it... and I can't seem to be able to extract the hierarchy. The problem I >> have right now is to catch on how deep each folder is. Any suggestion would >> be most helpful right now as I'm feeling old and stupid :) Maybe xml isn't >> the way to go when constructing complex folder structures. Anyhow, any >> input would be most helpful. >> >> best regards >> stefan >> >> >> -- >> *Stefan Andersson | Digital Janitor* >> blog <http://sanders3d.wordpress.com> | showreel<http://vimeo.com/sanders3d>| >> twitter <http://twitter.com/sanders3d> | >> LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanders3d>| cell: >> +46-73-6268850 | skype:sanders3d >> >> >> > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! >
