Changing strings in files

[Serhiy Storchaka]

10.11.20 11:07, Manfred Lotz пише:
> Perhaps better. I like to use os.scandir this way
> 
> def scantree(path: str) -> Iterator[os.DirEntry[str]]:
>     """Recursively yield DirEntry objects (no directories)
>           for a given directory.
>     """ 
>     for entry in os.scandir(path):
>         if entry.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False):
>             yield from scantree(entry.path)
> 
>         yield entry
> 
> Worked fine so far. I think I coded it this way because I wanted the
> full path of the file the easy way.

If this simple code works to you, that's fine, use it. But there are
some pitfalls:

1. If you add or remove entries while iterate the directory, the
behavior is not specified. It depends on the OS and file system. If you
do not modify directories -- all okay.

2. As Cameron said, this method holds open file descriptors for all
parent directories. It is usually not problem, because the maximal depth
of directories is usually less than the limit of open files. But it can
be problem if you process several trees in parallel.

The common mistake also to not handle symlinks, but your code does it
correctly.