Best Practice Question

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> On 02/04/2013 11:23 PM, Anthony Correia wrote:
> > Just started learning Python.  I just wrote a simple copy files
> > script. I use Powershell now as my main scripting language but I
> > wanted to extend into the linux platform as well.  Is this the
> > best way to do it?
> >
> > import os
> >
> >      objdir = ("C:\\temp2")
> >      colDir = os.listdir(objdir)
> >      for f in colDir:
> >          activefile = os.path.join(objdir + "\\" + f)
> >          print ("Removing " + activefile + " from " + objdir)
> >          os.remove(activefile)
> >
> > In Powershell I would do this:
> >
> > $colDir = gci -path "c:\temp2"
> > $objDir = "C:\temp3"
> > ForEach($file in $colDir){
> >      #.Fullname lists the directory and filename together.  No need
> >      to do a join
> >      #beforehand.
> >      Copy-item $file.fullname -destination $objDir
> > }
> >
> 
> You started two nearly-identical threads, with nearly the same
> content.
>   I won't repeat the comments already posted in the other thread, but
> notice that your powershell script copies the file, while your Python
> "translation" deletes the file.  Big difference.
> 
> Next, you should use raw strings, or at least use the forward slash,
> rather than double backslashes in file path literals.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> DaveA

He must have hit the send button too early by mistake.
By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm sure there's a reason for that... (python 2.5) Anyone knows ?

r'\'
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string

r'\b'
'\\b'


JM


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