On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:14 AM, Neil Cerutti <ne...@norwich.edu> wrote:
> class Miner:
> def __init__(self, archive):
> # setup goes here; prepare to acquire the data
> self.descend(os.path.join(archive, '*'))
>
> def descend(self, path):
> for fname in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*')):
> if os.path.isdir(fname):
> self.descend(fname)
> else:
> self.process(fname)
>
> def process(self, path):
> # Do what I want done with an actual file path.
> # This is where I add to the data.
>
> In your case you might not want to process unless the path also
> looks like an xml file.
>
> mine = Miner('myxmldir')
>
> Hmmm... I might be doing too much in __init__. ;)
Hmm, why is it even a class? :) I guess you elided all the stuff that
makes it impractical to just use a non-class function.
ChrisA
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