Recursion.
if os.path.isdir(d): describeDirectory(d)
Since your printing from the function itself, you may want to add a
level or depth arguement with a default value of 0.
def describeDirectory(directory, level=0):
Then call the function recursively with describeDirectory(d,level+1)
Use the level variable in the print statements for proper indentation.
Or something like that,
-Steve
Christopher Spears wrote:
> I am trying to write a function that takes a
> directory's name, finds any subdirectories, and then
> prints out the size of the files in all found
> directories.
>
> import os, os.path
>
> def describeDirectory(directory):
> dirList = [directory]
> for d in os.listdir(directory):
> if os.path.isdir(d):
> dirList.append(d)
> for d in dirList:
> print d, ':'
> for f in os.listdir(d):
> name = os.path.join(d, f)
> print '\t', name, 'SIZE: ',
> os.path.getsize(name)
>
> describeDirectory('.')
>
> Here is the output:
>
>
> . :
> .\changePeppers.py SIZE: 915
> .\describeDirectory.py SIZE: 549
> .\describeDirectory.pyc SIZE: 514
> .\describeDirectory01.py SIZE: 388
> .\error_log SIZE: 778
> .\makezeros.py SIZE: 147
> .\makezeros.pyc SIZE: 481
> .\modPrompt.py SIZE: 342
> .\modPrompt.pyc SIZE: 698
> .\output SIZE: 387
> .\pepper.txt SIZE: 601
> .\testFiles SIZE: 0
> .\textWrapper.py SIZE: 619
> .\textWrapper.pyc SIZE: 1092
> .\timings.py SIZE: 567
> .\timings.pyc SIZE: 733
> testFiles :
> testFiles\renameFiles.py SIZE: 351
> testFiles\some_date SIZE: 29
> testFiles\stupid_text.txt SIZE: 12
> testFiles\testDir SIZE: 0
>
> As you see, the problem is that there is another
> directory under testFiles called testDir, but the
> function doesn't check the directory for files. The
> function needs to find every directory (including
> subdirectories within directories). Any hints?
>
> I'm starting to wonder if I should abandon trying to
> do this with one function. For example, I could
> create one function that finds every directory. This
> information would then be passed to another function
> that returns the files' sizes.
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