On Mar 15, 8:12 pm, lampshade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some problems with os.path.isdir I think it is something
> simple that I'm overlooking.
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import os
>
> my_path = os.path.expanduser("~/pictures/")
> print my_path
> results = os.listdir(my_path)
> for a_result in results:
> if os.path.isdir(str(my_path) + str(a_result)):
Try if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(my_path, a_result)):
> results.remove(a_result)
>
> for x in results: print x
>
> The problem is, that the directories are never removed. Can anyone
> point out what I'm missing that is causing the bug? Is there a better
> way of doing this?
You should always use os.path.join to join paths. You shouldn't add
them like normal strings. I suspect you're getting a combination which
doesn't exist, so it isn't a dir. :)
>
> Thanks,
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