glob.glob standardization

[billiejoex]

os.listdir(path) return a list of file names independently if the path-
argument used is absolute or relative:

>>os.getcwd()

'/home/user'

>>os.listdir('Desktop')

['file.py']

>>os.listdir('/home/user/Desktop')

['file.py']

glob.glob, instead, return file names only if given path is relative:

>>os.chdir('Desktop')
os.getcwd()

'/home/user/Desktop

>>glob.glob("*")

['file.py']

....and absolute file names if given path is absolute:

>>glob.glob('/home/user/Desktop/*')

['/home/user/Desktop/file.py']

Don't you think it would be more convenient for glob.glob to return
file names only in any case, like os.listdir do?

[Lawrence Oluyede]

billiejoex <gn****@gmail.comwrote:

Don't you think it would be more convenient for glob.glob to return
file names only in any case, like os.listdir do?

AFAIK it's a wanted behavior. The doc says:

"""
Notice how any leading components of the path are preserved.
"""
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[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=]

Don't you think it would be more convenient for glob.glob to return

file names only in any case, like os.listdir do?

No. Use glob.glob1 if you want a list of files.

Regards,
Martin

[Tim Roberts]

billiejoex <gn****@gmail.comwrote:

>...
glob.glob, instead, return file names only if given path is relative:

>>>os.chdir('Desktop')
os.getcwd()

'/home/user/Desktop

>>>glob.glob("*")

['file.py']

...and absolute file names if given path is absolute:

>>>glob.glob('/home/user/Desktop/*')

['/home/user/Desktop/file.py']

Don't you think it would be more convenient for glob.glob to return
file names only in any case, like os.listdir do?

Martin gave you the real answer, but you should realize that your analysis
of the behavior is faulty. In EACH case, glob.glob has returned all of the
names that exactly match your pattern. It's not about absolute or
relative. For example, if you do
glob.glob( '..' )
which is a relative path, then the names you get back will be
['../xxx','../xxy','../xxz']. They're not file names only.
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