On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Lad wrote:
> what is a way to get the the extension of a filename from the path?
> E.g., on my XP windows the path can be
> C:\Pictures\MyDocs\test.txt
> and I would like to get
> the the extension of the filename, that is here
> txt
You want os.path.splitext:
>>> import os
>>> os.path.splitext("C:\Pictures\MyDocs\test.txt")
('C:\\Pictures\\MyDocs\test', '.txt')
>>> os.path.splitext("C:\Pictures\MyDocs\test.txt")[1]
'.txt'
>>>
> I would like that to work on Linux also
It'll be fine.
tom
--
[Philosophy] is kind of like being driven behind the sofa by Dr Who -
scary, but still entertaining. -- Itchyfidget
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
