[Newbie Question] Matching directory content with variable

[Lei Chen]

Look into glob.glob()

Cheers


Marcus Klein <marcus1 at marcus1.de> wrote in message news:<h1ajba.ni5.ln at news.marcus1.de>...
> Hi out there,
> 
> I am trying to match a directory content with a variable to avoid 
> overwriting an existing file and it does not work.
> 
> Maybe someone knows why ?
> 
> --8<--
> for f in TOGET:
>     print "getting remote file ", f
>     fname = PATHTOFILE + f
>     
>     lfiles = os.listdir(PATHTOFILE)
>     lfile = re.compile(f, re.M).match(lfiles, 1)
>     if lfile:
>         print "Warning: File exists locally"
>         exit(5)
> -->8--
> 
> leads to
> 
> --8<--
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "py/getftp.py", line 33, in ?
>     lfile = re.compile(f, re.M).match(lfiles, 1)
> TypeError: expected string or buffer
> -->8--
> 
> 
> thanx in advance,
> 
> marcus