On 2007-09-16, Martin M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Some of my colleagues want me to write a script for easy folder and
> subfolder creation on the Mac.
>
> The script is supposed to scan a text file containing directory trees
> in the following format:
>
> [New client]
>|-Invoices
>|-Offers
>|--Denied
>|--Accepted
>|-Delivery notes
Would it make sense to store it like this?
[('New client',
[('Invoices', []),
('Offers', [('Denied', []), ('Accepted', [])]),
('Delivery notes', [])]]
> First I thought of an array like this:
>
> dirtreedb = {'New client': {'Invoices': {}, 'Offers': {'Denied': {},
> 'Accpeted': {}}, 'Delivery notes': {}}}
A dictionary approach is fine if it's OK for the directories to
be unordered, which doesn't appear to be the case.
> But this doesn't do the trick, as I also have to save the
> hierarchy level of the current folder as well...
The above does store the hierarchy, as the number of nesting
levels.
ditreedb['New Client']['Offers']['Denied']
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