On 2009-11-25, Rhodri James <rho...@wildebst.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:25 -0000, utabintarbo <utabinta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Nov 24, 3:27 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: >>> >>> .readlines() doesn't change the "\10" in a file to "\x08" in the string >>> it returns. >>> >>> Could you provide some code which shows your problem? >> >> Here is the code block I have so far: >> for l in open(CONTENTS, 'r').readlines(): >> f = os.path.splitext(os.path.split(l.split('->')[0]))[0] >> if f in os.listdir(DIR1) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(DIR1,f)): >> shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(DIR1,f)) >> if f in os.listdir(DIR2) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(DIR2,f)): >> shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(DIR2,f)) > > Ahem. This doesn't run. os.path.split() returns a tuple, and calling > os.path.splitext() doesn't work. Given that replacing the entire loop > contents with "print l" readily disproves your assertion, I suggest you > cut and paste actual code if you want an answer. Otherwise we're just > going to keep saying "No, it doesn't", because no, it doesn't.
It's, um, rewarding to see my recent set of instructions being followed. >> A minimally obfuscated line from the log file: >> K:\sm\SMI\des\RS\Pat\10DJ\121.D5-30\1215B-B-D5-BSHOE-MM.smz->/arch_m1/ >> smi/des/RS/Pat/10DJ/121.D5-30\1215B-B-D5-BSHOE-MM.smz ; t9480rc ; >> 11/24/2009 08:16:42 ; 1259068602 >> >> What I get from the debugger/python shell: >> 'K:\\sm\\SMI\\des\\RS\\Pat\x08DJQ.D5-30Q5B-B-D5-BSHOE-MM.smz->/arch_m1/ >> smi/des/RS/Pat/10DJ/121.D5-30/1215B-B-D5-BSHOE-MM.smz ; t9480rc ; >> 11/24/2009 08:16:42 ; 1259068602' > > When you do what, exactly? ;) -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list