Thanks for the tips. I thought that without specifying the mode it defaulted to 777.
-------------------------------------------- Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Eric! it was the enumerate that I forgot to use! Ahh.... > > I would like to add a suggestion though. > > if not os.path.isdir(oNewDir): > > os.mkdir(oNewDir) > else: > print oNewDir + " already exists" > > > Instead use this to set a mode also which is important if you use linux or > osx, and makedirs can create more than one directory at a time. > > > try: > os.makedirs(oNewDir, 0775) > except: > print oNewDir + " already exists" > > pass > > > best regards > stefan > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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! >>> >> >> > > > -- > *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 > > >
