Comparing path.py with os.path

korakot (Korakot Chaovavanich) — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:08:53 GMT

Taken from Simon Willson's blog post.



# with os.path.walk

def delete_backups(arg, dirname, names):

    for name in names:

        if name.endswith('~'):

            os.remove(os.path.join(dirname, name))



os.path.walk(os.environ['HOME'], delete_backups, None)



# with os.path, if (like me) you can never remember how os.path.walk works

def walk_tree_delete_backups(dir):

    for name in os.listdir(dir):

        path = os.path.join(dir, name)

        if os.path.isdir(path):

            walk_tree_delete_backups(path)

        elif name.endswith('~'):

            os.remove(path)



walk_tree_delete_backups(os.environ['HOME'])



# with path

dir = path(os.environ['HOME'])

for f in dir.walk():

    if f.isfile() and f.endswith('~'):

        os.remove(f)

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Comparing path.py with os.path