newbie wants to compile python list of filenames in selected directories

[Caleb Hattingh]

Hi Anthony

Here is some stuff to get you started (this is from memory, I'm not  
checking it, but should be mostly helpful):

***
import os

os.chdir('C:\My Documents')  # Can use this to jump around to different  
folders
fileNames = os.listdir('.')  # Checks the now current folder
namesToMatch = ['readme.txt','readme.doc'] # Buncha names to find

for item in fileNames:  # check every filename
   if item in namesToMatch:  # is this item in the required list?
     print 'Match found: '+item  # if you found one, say so.
***

Hope this helps.
Caleb




On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:29:34 +0000, anthonyberet <nospam at me.invalid> wrote:

> Hi, I am new at Python, and very rusty at the one language I was good  
> at, which was BASIC.
>
> I want to write a script to compare filenames in chosen directories, on  
> windows machines. Ideally it would compose a list of strings of all the  
> filenames in the directories, and those directories would be chosable by  
> the user of the script.
>
> I am quite happy to do my own legwork on this , I realise it is simple  
> stuff, but can anyone point me in the right direction to start?
>
> Thanks