On 20/08/15 04:03, Srihari Vijayaraghavan wrote:
out = sys.stdout.write for root, dirs, files in os.walk("/"): out("The dirs before removing mount points: %s\n" % dirs) for d in dirs: dname = os.path.join(root, d) if os.path.ismount(dname): dirs.remove(d)
It's never a good idea to remove items from the thing you are iterating over. Create a copy of dirs (dirs[:]) to iterate on then remove the items from the original dirs. <aside> It always amazes me how often the same issues come up in rapid succession. We must have had 4 or 5 of these types of errors in the last couple of months, and other times we go for 6 months or more without it being raised! :-) </aside> -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor