Dan M wrote:
> Have done so. Thanks for pointing out the shutils module! I keep finding
> more and more excellent modules available. Do we have a Python equivalent
> to Perl's CPAN?
See http://www.python.org/pypi
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Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > 4. If you only have one argument, you don't need a tuple
> > for string formatting.
> > 5. "(dateYest)" is not a tuple anyway--the parentheses are
> > superfluous 6. Single item tuples can be created with "(ani
> Few points points:
>
> 1. Generally: I would try to minimize system calls. They make your code less
> portable.
Excellent point. In this case the app will never live anywhere other than
one specific FreeBSD machine, but I do appreciate the value of the advice
anyway. Therefore...
> 2. Look
You may also look into the PExpect modules as well. If you're that's truly
what you wish to do.
Regards,
Michael
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Dan M wrote:
> I'm writing a Python replacement for a particularly ugly shell script. we
> are running mimedefang on our mail server, moving spam and virus messages
> to a quarantine directory. This little python script successfully chdir's
> to the quarantine directory, identifies all of the quara
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:25:14 -0800, Dan M wrote:
> I'm writing a Python replacement for a particularly ugly shell script. we
> are running mimedefang on our mail server, moving spam and virus messages
> to a quarantine directory. This little python script successfully chdir's
> to the quarantine d
I'm writing a Python replacement for a particularly ugly shell script. we
are running mimedefang on our mail server, moving spam and virus messages
to a quarantine directory. This little python script successfully chdir's
to the quarantine directory, identifies all of the quarantine
subdirectories
