File Path retrieving problem

[Steve Holden]

music24by7 at gmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 26, 9:03 am, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>> music24... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Feb 26, 2:35 am, Emile van Sebille <em... at fenx.com> wrote:
>>>> Peter Otten wrote:
>>>>> Maybe it's about access rights?
>>>>> $ mkdir alpha
>>>>> $ touch alpha/beta
>>>>> $ python -c"import os; print os.path.exists('alpha/beta')"
>>>>> True
>>>>> $ chmod u-x alpha
>>>>> $ python -c"import os; print os.path.exists('alpha/beta')"
>>>>> False
>>>>> $
>>>>> I Don't know how this is handled on Windows...
>>>> Here's one way....
>>>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>>>> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>>>> C:\>mkdir alpha
>>>> C:\>touch alpha\beta  # cygwin at work here...
>>>> C:\>python -c"import os; print os.path.exists('alpha/beta')"
>>>> True
>>>> C:\>cacls alpha /E /R "Everyone"
>>>> processed dir: C:\alpha
>>>> C:\>cacls alpha /E /R "Users"
>>>> processed dir: C:\alpha
>>>> C:\>cacls alpha /E /R "Administrators"
>>>> processed dir: C:\alpha
>>>> C:\>python -c"import os; print os.path.exists('alpha/beta')"
>>>> False
>>> Hi,
>>> This is the following code which i have used to retrieve the pathname
>>> of a filename given by the user
>>>         filename = self.enText.get() # get the text entered in the
>>> text box
>>>         if os.path.exists(filename): # checking if the filename
>>> exists , had replaced it with os.path.exists(os.path.abspath
>>> (filename))
>>>             print os.path.abspath(filename)
>>>         else:
>>>             print "Not found"
>>> actually i need to list all the files/folders with the given filename
>>> alongwith path and store it in an CSV file with index.
>>> But i am unable to get even a single filepath correctly.
>>> Whatever filename i enter the output is as : C:\Python25\WorkSpace
>>> \xyz
>>> i.e the name i entered is being appended to my workspace and
>>> displayed.
>>> Guys, i am not able to understand what shall i do here...plz help me
>>> out.
>> Look, we aren't psychic. We can't debug code and directories we can't
>> see. Work with us here - give us the information we need to help you.
>>
>> The actual code. A directory listing? Any error messages?
>>
>> regards
>>  Steve
>> --
>> Steve Holden        +1 571 484 6266   +1 800 494 3119
>> Holden Web LLC              http://www.holdenweb.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Following is the code which i have written to display a GUI textbox
> and get any name entered by the user and search the path of this
> filename and then list it into an CSV file.
> 
> For this i initially created an textbox widget and added an button to
> it.
> Now, i have entered a filename (like NEWS.txt) in the text boz,
> as you can see when i press the button i retrieve the text and then
> search its filepath.
> currently i am printing this filepath on the shell.
> 
> 
> from Tkinter import *

So this is Python 2.x ...

> import os
> from os.path import realpath, exists, abspath
> import tkMessageBox
> import Tkinter

Not sure why you bother to import Tkinter when you have above just
imported everything *from* Tkinter ...

> #import filePath
> 
> class GUIFrameWork(Frame):
>     """This is the GUI"""
> 
>     def __init__(self,master=None):
>         """Initialize yourself"""
> 
>         """Initialise the base class"""
>         Frame.__init__(self,master)
> 
>         """Set the Window Title"""
>         self.master.title("Enter Text to search")
> 
>         """Display the main window"
>         with a little bit of padding"""
>         self.grid(padx=10,pady=10)
>         self.CreateWidgets()
> 
>     def CreateWidgets(self):
> 
>         self.enText = Entry(self)
>         self.enText.grid(row=0, column=1, columnspan=3)
> 
> 
> 
>         """Create the Button, set the text and the
>         command that will be called when the button is clicked"""
>         self.btnDisplay = Button(self, text="Display!",
> command=self.Display)
>         self.btnDisplay.grid(row=0, column=4)
> 
>     def Display(self):
>         """Called when btnDisplay is clicked, displays the contents of
> self.enText"""
>         filename = self.enText.get()
>         if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(filename)):
>             print os.path.abspath(filename)

First, move this line up one (losing an indent level) so you always
print the full path. This will verify you are looking where you think
you are looking.

>         else:
>             print "Not found"
>         #tkMessageBox.showinfo("Text", "You typed: %s" %
> os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(filename)))
> 
>         #filepath.mydir(self.enText.get())
> 
> 
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>     guiFrame = GUIFrameWork()
>     guiFrame.mainloop()
> 
> 
> User Input: NEWS.txt
> Output: Not Found (though this file is actually present)
> 
Thanks for the information. I'm wondering whether there might be some
filename encoding issue here, but others may have some better ideas.

regards
 Steve
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Steve Holden        +1 571 484 6266   +1 800 494 3119
Holden Web LLC              http://www.holdenweb.com/