Malcolm Greene <pyt...@bdurham.com> writes: > In reading Python 3.5.1's glob.glob documentation[1] I'm puzzled by the > following: > > 1. The signature for glob.glob() is "glob.glob(pathname, *, > recursive=False)". What is the meaning of the 2nd parameter listed > with an asterisk?
It's not a parameter. It's special syntax to indicate that the remaining parameters are keyword-only. > 2. Is there a technique for using glob.glob() to recognize files and > folders that begin with a period, eg. ".profile"? The documentation > states: "If the directory contains files starting with . they won’t > be matched by default.". Any suggestions on what the non-default > approach is to match these type of files? Glob with a pattern that starts with a dot. Glob twice if you want both kinds. Or look into that fnmatch that is referenced from glob documentation and said not to consider leading dots special. > [1] https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html . -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
