Is there a function to search the HD

[Peter Jensen]

Hi all.

I was wondering if there is an inbuild function in python to search your
harddrives ( Harddisk's) for a file of a speciel type. I mean can I write a
command with 2 parameters ( one being the filetype, and the other the
location on the harddisk where I want to search for the specific file type )

Thank for all input...

 

[Max M]

Hi all.

I was wondering if there is an inbuild function in python to search your
harddrives ( Harddisk's) for a file of a speciel type. I mean can I write a
command with 2 parameters ( one being the filetype, and the other the
location on the harddisk where I want to search for the specific file type )

Thank for all input...

6.1 os -- Miscellaneous operating system interfaces

This module provides a more portable way of using operating system
dependent functionality than importing a operating system dependent
built-in module like posix or nt.

6.1.4 Files and Directories

walk( top[, topdown=True [, onerror=None]])

walk() generates the file names in a directory tree, by walking the tree
either top down or bottom up. For each directory in the tree rooted at
directory top (including top itself), it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath,
dirnames, filenames).


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[Simon Brunning]

I was wondering if there is an inbuild function in python to search your
harddrives ( Harddisk's) for a file of a speciel type. I mean can I write a
command with 2 parameters ( one being the filetype, and the other the
location on the harddisk where I want to search for the specific file type )

You want os.walk(). There's a simple example of its use here:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/279003

 

[Jeremy Sanders]

I was wondering if there is an inbuild function in python to search your
harddrives ( Harddisk's) for a file of a speciel type. I mean can I write
a command with 2 parameters ( one being the filetype, and the other the
location on the harddisk where I want to search for the specific file type
)

On Unix, you may want to call locate to do the searching. This is a lot
faster than walking the file system yourself. You can use os.system to
call locate (see man locate for details).

Jeremy