On Apr 3, 8:31 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Apr 3, 8:21 am, "gtb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I wish to copy the highest version number of a file from directory \ > > \ > > \fileserver\D:\scripts to C:\scripts where the file names are of the > > form > > > filename_MM.NN.SS.zip, where MM, NN, and SS can be one to three > > digits. > > > Example directory: > > other.zip > > dx_ver_1.1.63.zip > > dx_ver_1.2.01.zip > > dx_ver_1.12.7.zip > > temp.txt > > > Does python have string matching routines that would find the bottom > > listed zip file and/or file copying routines? > > > A little pointer or two would be much appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > > jh > > You could just use string slicing to cut off the first 7 characters > and have the numbers available to compare. There's also the os.stat > module to find the last modified date of the file. You might be able > to use the glob module to grab a list of the files and then sort the > list too. > > Mike
Thanks for posting folks. I didn't make my question clear. Before I sort the files I need to ensure that I am only sorting the files that match the profile of "filename_MM.NN.SS.zip", where MM, NN, and SS can be one to three digits. Thanks again, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
