Newbie question on 'cmpfiles':

[harisri at my-deja.com]

In article <53AX5.51696$nh5.3969094 at newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
  ak at silmarill.org wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:05:31 +1100, Srihari Vijayaraghavan
<harisri at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >Oldayz wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 05:59:02 GMT, harisri at my-deja.com
> >> <harisri at my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello Andrei,
> >
> >Thanks. However I am having some problem while using "dircmp" class.
> >
> >I have the following 2 (identical) directories under my home
directory:
> >/home/hari/python1 and /home/hari/python2.
> >
> >I am getting few error messages, only while using the following
attributes:
> >diff_files, report(), report_partial_closure(), and
report_full_closure().
> >
> >I am enclosing the error messages for your reference. Am I doing
something
> >wrong?
> >
> >Python 2.0 (#1, Oct 16 2000, 18:10:03)
> >[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on linux2
> >Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>>> from filecmp import *
> >>>> x=dircmp("/home/hari/python1", "/home/hari/python2")
> >>>> x.left_list
> >['about.html', 'acks.html', 'api', 'dist', 'doc', 'ext', 'icons',
> >'index.html',
> >'inst', 'lib', 'mac', 'modindex.html', 'ref', 'tut']
> >>>> x.right_list
> >['about.html', 'acks.html', 'api', 'dist', 'doc', 'ext', 'icons',
> >'index.html',
> >'inst', 'lib', 'mac', 'modindex.html', 'ref', 'tut']
> >>>> x.common
> >['ref', 'ext', 'acks.html', 'inst', 'api', 'mac', 'about.html',
> >'modindex.html', 'tut', 'doc', 'icons', 'lib', 'dist', 'index.html']
> >>>> x.left_only
> >[]
> >>>> x.right_only
> >[]
> >>>> x.common_dirs
> >['ref', 'ext', 'inst', 'api', 'mac', 'tut', 'doc', 'icons', 'lib',
'dist']
> >>>> x.common_files
> >['acks.html', 'about.html', 'modindex.html', 'index.html']
> >>>> x.same_files
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 147, in
__getattr__
> >    self.phase3()
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 214, in phase3
> >    xx = cmpfiles(self.left, self.right, self.common_files)
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 288, in cmpfiles
> >    res[_cmp(ax, bx, shallow, use_statcache)].append(x)
> >TypeError: too many arguments; expected 2, got 4
> >>>> x.report()
> >diff /home/hari/python1 /home/hari/python2
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 241, in report
> >    if self.same_files:
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 147, in
__getattr__
> >    self.phase3()
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 214, in phase3
> >    xx = cmpfiles(self.left, self.right, self.common_files)
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 288, in cmpfiles
> >    res[_cmp(ax, bx, shallow, use_statcache)].append(x)
> >TypeError: too many arguments; expected 2, got 4
> > >>> x.report_partial_closure()
> >diff /home/hari/python1 /home/hari/python2
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 258, in
> >report_partial_closure
> >    self.report()
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 241, in report
> >    if self.same_files:
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 147, in
__getattr__
> >    self.phase3()
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 214, in phase3
> >    xx = cmpfiles(self.left, self.right, self.common_files)
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 288, in cmpfiles
> >    res[_cmp(ax, bx, shallow, use_statcache)].append(x)
> >TypeError: too many arguments; expected 2, got 4
> >>>> x.report_full_closure()
> >diff /home/hari/python1 /home/hari/python2
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 264, in
> >report_full_closure
> >    self.report()
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 241, in report
> >    if self.same_files:
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 147, in
__getattr__
> >    self.phase3()
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 214, in phase3
> >    xx = cmpfiles(self.left, self.right, self.common_files)
> >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/filecmp.py", line 288, in cmpfiles
> >    res[_cmp(ax, bx, shallow, use_statcache)].append(x)
> >TypeError: too many arguments; expected 2, got 4
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Hari.
>
> According to
>
http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470&func=detailbug&bug_id=124120
> this is a known bug and it can be fixed by applying the latest patch,
which
> you can get at
>
http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=102628&group_id=
5470
>
> --
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Andrei
>
Hello,

Thank you Andrei, the patch made it to work as expected.
I highly appreciate your help on solving this issue.

Hari.


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