how to search directories under <PATH>

[Haim Ashkenazi]

Hi

I have to write a function that returns a list of all directories under
<PATH> (should work on linux and windows). it should be easy to write a
loop that goes through every directory... and so on, but I was wondering
if there's faster/more economic way, something like 'find <PATH> -type d'.
I couldn't find any 'find' module for python.

any ideas?

thanx
--
Haim

[Harald Massa]

Haim,

google for python path module

cheers Harald

[Larry Bates]

os.path.exists( ) is what you want.

Secondly, If you want to traverse path
hierarchy use os.path.walk().

HTH,
Larry Bates
Syscon, Inc.

"Haim Ashkenazi" <ha**@babysnake s.org> wrote in message
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Hi

I have to write a function that returns a list of all directories under
<PATH> (should work on linux and windows). it should be easy to write a
loop that goes through every directory... and so on, but I was wondering
if there's faster/more economic way, something like 'find <PATH> -type d'.
I couldn't find any 'find' module for python.

any ideas?

thanx
--
Haim

[Haim Ashkenazi]

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:21:25 -0500, Larry Bates wrote:

os.path.exists( ) is what you want.

Secondly, If you want to traverse path
hierarchy use os.path.walk().

it shows I'm a newbie... :)

I already found out that os.walk do exactly what I want:

for root, dirs, files in walk(<PATH>):
for dir in dirs:
list.append(roo t + dir)

this will generate a list of directories under <PATH>

thanx
--
Haim