better safe than sorry is what I like :) regards stefan
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > -- *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
