I think that if you go back and look at the original reply, he spelled it "isdir"...;)
--Ben k r fry wrote: > Again, I apologise. Not knowing much about Python means that I don't > know what needs to be provided. I meant it doesn't work in the same way > that "istdir" didn't work. > > Here is what I have coded: > > for subdir in os.path.istdir(DATADIR): #loop through list > of strings > > file=FITS.Read(DATADIR+'/'+subdir+'/flux.fits') #opens flux.fits > file and reads > > summation=open(DATADIR+'/'+subdir+'/flux.dat','w') #opens the > summation results file for writing to > > spotbyspot=open(DATADIR+'/'+subdir+'/spotflux.dat','w') #opens the > spot-by-spot file for writing to > > output='' > print'\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n'+sys.argv[1]+' > '+subdir+'\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n' > > And here is what I get when I try to run it: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "katiescint.py", line 153, in ? > for subdir in os.path.istdir(DATADIR): #loop through > list of strings > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'istdir' > > Here is trying with listdir: > > for subdir in os.path.listdir(DATADIR): #loop through list > of strings > > and here is what I get: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "katiescint.py", line 153, in ? > for subdir in os.path.listdir(DATADIR): #loop through > list of strings > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'listdir' > > > > > Sybren Stuvel wrote: > >> k r fry enlightened us with: >> >>> I did think maybe it was meant to be "listdir" instead of "istdir", >>> but that doesn't work either. >> >> >> >> And again you don't tell us in what way it doesn't work. >> >> Think about what you post from our point of view. Then re-read it, and >> think about it again. Only if you're sure that we'll be able to fully >> understand it, hit the 'send' button. That will save us a lot of >> guessting and asking, and will also get you your answer a lot faster. >> >> Sybren -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
