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Problems with os.walk

Hi everyone

The following code:

scriptPath = os.path.dirname (__file__)
(dirpath, dirnames, filenames) = os.walk(scriptP ath)
print 'dirpath\n'
print dirpath
print 'dirnames\n'
pprint.pprint(d irnames)
print 'filenames\n'
pprint.pprint(f ilnames)

Fails on the os.walk call with the following error:

(dirpath, dirnames, filenames) = os.walk(scriptP ath)
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Thx & greetings
Dominique

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Jun 27 '08 #1
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<Do************ *****@ch.delaru e.comwrites:
(dirpath, dirnames, filenames) = os.walk(scriptP ath)
You're supposed to loop over values in different directories, like
this:

for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(scriptP ath):
... handle dirpath with dirnames and filenames ...

The loop will be executed for each subdirectory (direct and indirect)
of scriptPath.
Jun 27 '08 #2
Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
<Do************ *****@ch.delaru e.comwrites:
> (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) = os.walk(scriptP ath)

You're supposed to loop over values in different directories, like
this:

for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(scriptP ath):
... handle dirpath with dirnames and filenames ...

The loop will be executed for each subdirectory (direct and indirect)
of scriptPath.
And if you are simply hand-experimenting, try somthing like:
generator = os.walk(scriptP ath)
dirpath, dirnames, filenames = generator.next( )
...
dirpath, dirnames, filenames = generator.next( )
...

--Scott David Daniels
Sc***********@A cm.Org
Jun 27 '08 #3

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