Greg Krohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > anthonyberet wrote: [...] > > I want to write a script to compare filenames in chosen directories, > > on windows machines. Ideally it would compose a list of strings of > > all the filenames in the directories, and those directories would be > > chosable by the user of the script. [...] > > os.listdir does almost exactly what you are asking for. For a little > more flexibility, you can use os.path.walk, although it's not quite as > newb friendly. > > -greg
os.walk is perhaps newbie-friendlier than os.path.walk. Or perhaps not: not having read the tutorial &c. for some time, I don't know how good they are on generators... John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list