Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-14 Thread ecu_jon
well i think i will close this out. redid recursive foldering now for 3rd or 4th time. below script works from a windows to another folder (destination1) or a unc path(destination2). i tried it on my linux box, and the error deals with writing to a remote smb share. i think if it was mounted somewh

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-14 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 14, 4:43 am, Dave Angel wrote: > On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, ecu_jon wrote: > > > > > this is a reply to both Dave Angel and Ben Finney. this version of > > testing i think incorperates what you guys are saying. > > http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/ > > testing1.py">testin1.py >

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-14 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 14, 4:43 am, Dave Angel wrote: > On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, ecu_jon wrote: > > > > > this is a reply to both Dave Angel and Ben Finney. this version of > > testing i think incorperates what you guys are saying. > > http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/ > > testing1.py">testin1.py >

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-14 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, ecu_jon wrote: this is a reply to both Dave Angel and Ben Finney. this version of testing i think incorperates what you guys are saying. http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/ testing1.py">testin1.py except maybe the os.join.path in the last function. here is the

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-14 Thread ecu_jon
i think i got it. my dirlist wasn't the right way to go, i needed to iterate thu what oswalk was giving me in dirs, and files. not bruteforce strip to a string. i have been starting at an early version and a later version for the last 4 hours or so, and i think i have it this only handles the folde

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 14, 12:12 am, Ben Finney wrote: > ecu_jon writes: > > On Feb 13, 8:29 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Instead, focus on the issue that's causing you confusion: > > > constructing a filesystem path and testing whether it exists. > > > > Make a *minimal* program that shows the problem you're ha

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Ben Finney
ecu_jon writes: > On Feb 13, 8:29 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > > Instead, focus on the issue that's causing you confusion: > > constructing a filesystem path and testing whether it exists. > > > > Make a *minimal* program that shows the problem you're having. Post it > > *here* (that's why it's impor

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
this is a reply to both Dave Angel and Ben Finney. this version of testing i think incorperates what you guys are saying. http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/ testing1.py">testin1.py except maybe the os.join.path in the last function. here is the traceback Traceback (most recent call last)

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 13, 8:48 pm, Dave Angel wrote: > (You forgot to include the list in your response, and you neglected to > properly quote the message you were replying to.  That makes it quite > hard to separate your remarks from mine) > > On 02/13/2011 07:19 PM, jon hayes wrote: > > > c:\users\name\backup\

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 13, 8:29 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > ecu_jon writes: > > here take a look. > >http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/testing.py > > I think you're confusing yourself by shoving lots of experimental lines > into a large program and not isolating the problem. I see that you are > trying lo

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Dave Angel
(You forgot to include the list in your response, and you neglected to properly quote the message you were replying to. That makes it quite hard to separate your remarks from mine) On 02/13/2011 07:19 PM, jon hayes wrote: c:\users\name\backup\ #win7 c:\docs and settings\name\app data\backup

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Ben Finney
ecu_jon writes: > here take a look. > http://thanksforallthefish.endofinternet.net/testing.py I think you're confusing yourself by shoving lots of experimental lines into a large program and not isolating the problem. I see that you are trying lots of different ways of doing the same thing, and

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 13, 6:39 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > ecu_jon writes: > > can you give an example of how to build a folder name, maybe as a > > string, with parts of it as variables, that have to be strung > > together. like x = "//servername/+variable+"/"+variable+"/" > >     import os.path > >     infile_pat

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, ecu_jon wrote: first let me say, you guys are helping me and i thank you for that. i do not want to sound confrontational. i have don my best to make this os agnostic. yes i know, right now in 21a, destination2 is windows specific. that's mostly because os.path.isd

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Ben Finney
ecu_jon writes: > can you give an example of how to build a folder name, maybe as a > string, with parts of it as variables, that have to be strung > together. like x = "//servername/+variable+"/"+variable+"/" import os.path infile_path = os.path.join(["//servername", start_dir, other_d

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Ben Finney
Tim Roberts writes: > ecu_jon wrote: > > > >i know backslashes are special. there a special pain in my #$%. > >without a windows environment, you would have to change destination2 > >significantly to try it out. but like i said above you can try > >version 11 in a linux environment. > > If they

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 13, 5:11 pm, Tim Roberts wrote: > ecu_jon wrote: > > >i know backslashes are special. there a special pain in my #$%. > >without a windows environment, you would have to change destination2 > >significantly to try it out. but like i said above you can try version > >11 in a linux environme

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:58:23 -0800, ecu_jon wrote: > i know config does not exist, for some reason the isfolder check is > passing it off saying it exists, when it does not. [steve@sylar ~]$ grep isfolder facbac-011.py [steve@sylar ~]$ grep isfolder facbac-012a.py [steve@sylar ~]$ There is no

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Tim Roberts
ecu_jon wrote: >i have a samba server at home (acting as my test environment) with one >of the 'shares' mounted as v: on my windows box. inside of that are 4 >folders week[1-4]. i have created c:\users\name\backup , and put a few >files/folders in there to test with. please ignore the wxpython pa

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Tim Roberts
ecu_jon wrote: > >i know backslashes are special. there a special pain in my #$%. >without a windows environment, you would have to change destination2 >significantly to try it out. but like i said above you can try version >11 in a linux environment. If they are a pain in your #$%, then don't u

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
"Please don't dump code on us and tell us to ignore parts of it. We're offering our time and experience without charging you, the least you can do is take the time to eliminate the irrelevant parts of the code yourself, and show us the smallest piece of code which demonstrates the problem. " i appr

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
On Feb 13, 8:17 am, Dave Angel wrote: > On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, ecu_jon wrote: > > > > > i just tried changing that in ver12a, still get > > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'V:\\week2\\configs\ > > \apache2.conf' > > good catch tho as that is needed. thanks. > > weekchoice is used

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, ecu_jon wrote: i just tried changing that in ver12a, still get IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'V:\\week2\\configs\ \apache2.conf' good catch tho as that is needed. thanks. weekchoice is used to pick week 1-4. really jsut returns 1-4. i plan to do full wee

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:06:15 -0800, ecu_jon wrote: > i have a samba server at home (acting as my test environment) with one > of the 'shares' mounted as v: on my windows box. inside of that are 4 > folders week[1-4]. i have created c:\users\name\backup , and put a few > files/folders in there to t

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
i just tried changing that in ver12a, still get IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'V:\\week2\\configs\ \apache2.conf' good catch tho as that is needed. thanks. weekchoice is used to pick week 1-4. really jsut returns 1-4. i plan to do full weekly backups with another script. getusername

Re: files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread aspineux
Without trying to understand your code, I see one difference if not os.path.isfile(destination+leftover+fname): become if not os.path.isfile(destination+leftover): Regards On Feb 13, 11:06 am, ecu_jon wrote: > i have a samba server at home (acting as my test environment) with one > of

files,folders,paths

2011-02-13 Thread ecu_jon
i have a samba server at home (acting as my test environment) with one of the 'shares' mounted as v: on my windows box. inside of that are 4 folders week[1-4]. i have created c:\users\name\backup , and put a few files/folders in there to test with. please ignore the wxpython parts of the script, th