directory search

[blitz2190]

i have been looking everywhere and cant seem to find how to search for a specific directory. i have tried os.path.walk() but had no success what i want to be able to do is search for a directory say c:\program files\program name\desired directory
then change to that directory using os.chdir()

[ghostdog74]

if you know the name of directory beforehand

import os
mydir=os.path.join("C:\\","mydir_tosearch")
if os.path.exists(mydir):
    print "found"
 

[diegososa]

What about this:

import os
 
def searchForDir( dir_looking_for, path_to_search_for, debug = False):
    results=[]
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk( path_to_search_for ):
        if dir_looking_for in dirs:
            results.append(root)
    if debug:
        if results:
            print "There is %i results for your query, and they are: " % (len(results),)
            for item in results:
                print "\t", item
        else:
            print "Sorry, there is no directory named '%s' at '%s' ! :("  % (dir_looking_for, path_to_search_for)
 
    return results
 
 
# Main:
what  = 'doc'
where = 'c:\\Python25'
founds = searchForDir( what, where, 'debug')