FYI: the '/*.*' is part of the error message returned. -----Original Message----- From: ch...@rebertia.com [mailto:ch...@rebertia.com] On Behalf Of Chris Rebert Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:40 PM To: Per Olav Kroka Cc: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: listdir reports [Error 1006] The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid
> PS: Why does the listdir() function add '*.*' to the path? Don't know what you're talking about. It doesn't do any globbing or add "*.*" to the path. Its exclusive purpose is to list the contents of a directory, so /in a sense/ it does add "*.*", but then not adding "*.*" would make the function completely useless given its purpose. > PS2: Why does the listdir() function add '/*.*' to the path on windows > and not '\\*.*' ? You can use either directory separator (\ or /) with the Python APIs on Windows. r"c:\WINDOWS\" works just as well as "c:/WINDOWS/". Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
