You can use win32file.FindFilesIterator to loop thru the files without creating a huge list of everthing in the folder.
hth Roger "Peter A. Schott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I want to build a program that does some archiving. We have several programs > that have been dumping files into a folder (one folder) for some time now. I > want to limit the number of files returned by listdir to avoid trying to > build a > list with tons of entries. I then want to move those files into a zip archive > for the appropriate day/month. > > Is there any way to build a list of the first 1000 files or so in a folder? > > Running Python 2.4.2 on Win32 with Win32 extensions. > > Thanks. > > -Pete Schott ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list