"rbt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is there an easy way to exclude binary files (I'm working on Windows XP) > from the file list returned by os.walk()? > > Also, when reading files and you're unsure as to whether or not they are > ascii or binary, I've always thought it safer to 'rb' on the read, is this > correct... and if so, what's the reasoning behind this? Again all of this > pertains to files on Windows XP and Python 2.4
Please clarify: is your question about identifying binary (non-ascii) files or about using os.walk? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
