Bobby J. Howerton Jr. wrote: > Hello, > I am new to programming in Python, but I am very excited about the > possibilities that it (Python) has. > > I maybe jumping the gun a little bit here, but this is what I would > like to do: > ******************************************************************************************** > > I would like to create an executable program that when ran it will > search my hard drive for certain folders that contain different > files. Once the program finds these folders, I would like the program > to zip each of the folders up and then e-mail each of the folders to a > certain e-mail address. > > ******************************************************************************************** > Is this possible??? I have been told by someone else that it is…I > just want to make sure. yes. you can do anything in Python you can do in C. > > If this is possible…How would I do this (please remember that I am new > to Programming in Python). use the zlib module for packaging the items use the os.walk function to walk your directories use smtplib to e-mail the zips get the address of your smtp server from your e-mail client or use sendmail if on linux. use py2exe to make it an executable. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
