[Newbie Question] Matching directory content with variable

[Marcus Klein]

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 ?

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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)
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leads to

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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
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thanx in advance,

marcus

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