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[k r fry]

Thank you very much!  *embarassed*.

:-)

Ben Thul wrote:

> I think that if you go back and look at the original reply, he spelled 
> it "isdir"...;)
> 
> --Ben
> k r fry wrote:
> 
>> Again, I apologise.  Not knowing much about Python means that I don't 
>> know what needs to be provided.  I meant it doesn't work in the same 
>> way that "istdir" didn't work.
>>
>> Here is what I have coded:
>>
>> for subdir in os.path.istdir(DATADIR):              #loop through list 
>> of strings
>>
>>     file=FITS.Read(DATADIR+'/'+subdir+'/flux.fits')     #opens 
>> flux.fits file and reads
>>
>>     summation=open(DATADIR+'/'+subdir+'/flux.dat','w')  #opens the 
>> summation results file for writing to
>>
>>     spotbyspot=open(DATADIR+'/'+subdir+'/spotflux.dat','w') #opens the 
>> spot-by-spot file for writing to
>>
>>     output=''
>>     print'\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n'+sys.argv[1]+' 
>> '+subdir+'\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n'
>>
>> And here is what I get when I try to run it:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "katiescint.py", line 153, in ?
>>     for subdir in os.path.istdir(DATADIR):              #loop through 
>> list of strings
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'istdir'
>>
>> Here is trying with listdir:
>>
>> for subdir in os.path.listdir(DATADIR):              #loop through 
>> list of strings
>>
>> and here is what I get:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "katiescint.py", line 153, in ?
>>     for subdir in os.path.listdir(DATADIR):              #loop through 
>> list of strings
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'listdir'
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sybren Stuvel wrote:
>>
>>> k r fry enlightened us with:
>>>
>>>> I did think maybe it was meant to be "listdir" instead of "istdir",
>>>> but that doesn't work either.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And again you don't tell us in what way it doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Think about what you post from our point of view. Then re-read it, and
>>> think about it again. Only if you're sure that we'll be able to fully
>>> understand it, hit the 'send' button. That will save us a lot of
>>> guessting and asking, and will also get you your answer a lot faster.
>>>
>>> Sybren