On 2006-10-10 14:35:30 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi folks, I've got a question for yas. I'm trying to write code that > will open up a gzipped tar file using gnutar, and copy the list of > files(including their directories) to a list variable in python. From > there, I want to go through the list and delete those files from my > system. That part is easy, but what I'm stuck on is getting the list > of files in an archive into a list variable. If I use the -t parameter > in gnutar, it prints a list of the files in a seperate cmd screen, but > only returns 0. Is there any way to make it return a list, or to copy > the information over? Thanks in advance!
Use the commands module. Or tarfile of course. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-commands.html http://docs.python.org/lib/module-tarfile.html Gerrit. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
