Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-16 Thread Douglas
@Dave Grateful thanks for your web site suggestions, and I will look them up. @Lawrence Pleasee accept my apologies. I mistook your brevity for a superior snotty attitude. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-16 Thread Dave Angel
On 2:59 PM, Douglas wrote: @Diez and @David Thanks guys. Both excellent leads. Colour me happy. I can now make progress and meet some deadlines. :) @Lawrence Why reinvent rsync? In what way is rsync relevant to the stated problem? Did you actually READ the question? Note: I use Linux at hom

Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-15 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Douglas wrote: >> Why reinvent rsync? > In what way is rsync relevant to the stated problem? Did you actually > READ the question? Yes. > Note: I use Linux at home (yes, even rsync) and very much prefer it to > Windows. However, at work I have no choice but to use the resources > t

Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-15 Thread Douglas
@Diez and @David Thanks guys. Both excellent leads. Colour me happy. I can now make progress and meet some deadlines. :) @Lawrence > Why reinvent rsync? In what way is rsync relevant to the stated problem? Did you actually READ the question? Note: I use Linux at home (yes, even rsync) and very mu

Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-15 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <8dc0fa8e-f0e6-4603-9283-186551597...@a19g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>, Douglas wrote: > It works well enough, but now I want to make it sensitive to the "A" > attribute (only backup the file if it is set), and update it > afterwards (unset it). This will help me avoid wasted disk due to

Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-15 Thread David Robinow
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Douglas wrote: > Environment: X86, 1Gb RAM, Win XP, latest SP, Excel 2003. > > Hi, can anyone direct a relative newbie to the best source of info? > I am writing my own backup app in Python 2.5.2 (all my company will > allow me to use) using IDLE. > I intend to run

Re: Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-15 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Douglas writes: > Hi, can anyone direct a relative newbie to the best source of info? > I am writing my own backup app in Python 2.5.2 (all my company will > allow me to use) using IDLE. > I intend to run this app daily via the Task Scheduler to back up a > mission-critical spreadsheet that only

Accessing windoze file attributes

2010-09-15 Thread Douglas
Environment: X86, 1Gb RAM, Win XP, latest SP, Excel 2003. Hi, can anyone direct a relative newbie to the best source of info? I am writing my own backup app in Python 2.5.2 (all my company will allow me to use) using IDLE. I intend to run this app daily via the Task Scheduler to back up a mission-