remove item from list based on name

[Peter Otten]

Bart Nessux wrote:

> I am generating a list of file names... some of the files are locked by
> the OS (Windows XP) and I know the names of these files (NTUSER.DAT,
> ntuser.dat.LOG, etc.) But, I don't know their position in the list. Is
> there a way that I can delete these items from the list based on their
> names?

>>> from sets import Set
>>> list(Set(["a", "b", "c"]) - Set(["c", "d"]))
['a', 'b']

Remember to pass all filenames through os.path.normcase() before trying the
above.

Peter