Hi all, OK I have two lists of directories..
Master lista=["pad/foo/sch/filea","pad/foo/sch/fileb","pad/foo/sch/filec","pad/foo/lay/filea","pad/foo/lay/fileb","pad/foo/lay/filec","pad/bar/sch/filea","pad/bar/sch/fileb","pad/bar/sch/filec",,"pad/bar/lay/filea","pad/bar/lay/fileb","pad/bar/lay/filec","pad/zen/filea","pad/zen/fileb","pad/a", "pad/b"] Changed listb=["pad/foo/sch/filea","pad/foo/sch/fileb","pad/foo/sch/filec","pad/foo/lay/filea","pad/foo/lay/fileb","pad/foo/lay/filec","pad/bar/sch/filea","pad/bar/sch/fileb","pad/bar/sch/filec",,"pad/bar/lay/filea","pad/bar/lay/filec","pad/zen/fileb", "pad/b"] Now what I want to get out of this is the top most directory which could be used for a copy.. In other words I would like the results of this to be this final=["/pad/foo", "pad/bar/sch", "pad/bar/lay/filea", "pad/bar/lay/filec", "pad/zen/fileb", "pad/b"] So what I need it to do it to look backwards in the Master list and find all similiarites in Changed.. I don't even know how to approach this - can someone give me a hand with this. Thanks much!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
