On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:55:02 -0700, ruck wrote: > (This with Python 2.7.2 on Windows 7) > > os.stat() won't recognize a filename ending in period. It will ignore > trailing periods. > If you ask it about file 'goo...' it will report on file 'goo' And if > 'goo' doesn't exist, os.stat will complain.
I don't have access to a Windows machine to test this, but I suspect that you have found a side-effect of a Windows bug. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/files-disappear-when-you-append-a-period-to-a/4329b1f1-746e-4c45-9c32-75622b6ab526 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/115827 -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
