New generator os.walk() does a bit more than os.path.walk() does, and

seems much easier to use.  Code, docs, NEWS, and additions to test_os.py
(testing this sucker is a bitch!).
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@ -1050,6 +1050,71 @@ which is used to set the access and modified times, respectively.
Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{walk}{top\optional{, topdown=True}}
\index{directory!walking}
\index{directory!traversal}
\function{walk()} generates the file names in a directory tree.
For each directory in the tree rooted at directory \var{top} (including
\var{top} itself), it yields a 3-tuple
\code{(\var{dirpath}, \var{dirnames}, \var{filenames})}.
\var{dirpath} is a string, the path to the directory. \var{dirnames} is
a list of the names of the subdirectories in \var{dirpath}
(excluding \code{'.'} and \code{'..'}). \var{filenames} is a list of
the names of the non-directory files in \var{dirpath}. Note that the
names in the lists contain no path components. To get a full
path (which begins with \var{top)) to a file or directory in
\var{dirpath}, do \code{os.path.join(\var{dirpath}, \var{name})}.
If optional argument \var{topdown} is true or not specified, the triple
for a directory is generated before the triples for any of its
subdirectories (directories are generated top down). If \var{topdown} is
false, the triple for a directory is generated after the triples for all
of its subdirectories (directories are generated bottom up).
When \var{topdown} is true, the caller can modify the \var{dirnames} list
in-place (e.g., via \keyword{del} or slice assignment), and
\function{walk()} will only recurse into the subdirectories whose names
remain in \var{dirnames}; this can be used to prune the search,
impose a specific order of visiting, or even to inform \function{walk()}
about directories the caller creates or renames before it resumes
\function{walk()} again. Modifying \var{dirnames} when \var{topdown} is
false is ineffective, because in bottom-up mode the directories in
\var{dirnames} are generated before \var{dirnames} itself is generated.
\begin{notice}
If you pass a relative pathname, don't change the current working
directory between resumptions of \function{walk}. \function{walk}
never changes the current directory, and assumes that its caller
doesn't either.
\end{notice}
\begin{notice}
On systems that support symbolic links, links to subdirectories appear
in \var{dirnames} lists, but \function{walk()} will not visit them
(infinite loops are hard to avoid when following symbolic links).
To visit linked directories, you can identify them with
\code{os.path.islink(\var{path})}, and invoke \function{walk(\var{path})}
on each directly.
\end{notice}
This example displays the number of bytes taken by non-directory files
in each directory under the starting directory, except that it doesn't
look under any CVS subdirectory:
\begin{verbatim}
import os
from os.path import join, getsize
for root, dirs, files in os.walk('python/Lib/email'):
print root, "consumes",
print sum([getsize(join(root, name)) for name in files]),
print "bytes in", len(files), "non-directory files"
if 'CVS' in dirs:
dirs.remove('CVS') # don't visit CVS directories
\end{verbatim}
\versionadded{2.3}
\end{funcdesc}
\subsection{Process Management \label{os-process}}

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@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ directories you must identify them with
\code{os.path.isdir(\var{file})}, and invoke \function{walk()} as
necessary.
\end{notice}
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{os}{The newer \function{os.walk()} generator supplies similar
functionality and can be easier to use.
\end{seealso}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{datadesc}{supports_unicode_filenames}

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@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import sys
_names = sys.builtin_module_names
# Note: more names are added to __all__ later.
__all__ = ["altsep", "curdir", "pardir", "sep", "pathsep", "linesep",
"defpath", "name", "path"]
@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ def removedirs(name):
Super-rmdir; remove a leaf directory and empty all intermediate
ones. Works like rmdir except that, if the leaf directory is
successfully removed, directories corresponding to rightmost path
segments will be pruned way until either the whole path is
segments will be pruned away until either the whole path is
consumed or an error occurs. Errors during this latter phase are
ignored -- they generally mean that a directory was not empty.
@ -202,6 +203,84 @@ def renames(old, new):
__all__.extend(["makedirs", "removedirs", "renames"])
def walk(top, topdown=True):
"""Directory tree generator.
For each directory in the directory tree rooted at top (including top
itself, but excluding '.' and '..'), yields a 3-tuple
dirpath, dirnames, filenames
dirpath is a string, the path to the directory. dirnames is a list of
the names of the subdirectories in dirpath (excluding '.' and '..').
filenames is a list of the names of the non-directory files in dirpath.
Note that the names in the lists are just names, with no path components.
To get a full path (which begins with top) to a file or directory in
dirpath, do os.path.join(dirpath, name).
If optional arg 'topdown' is true or not specified, the triple for a
directory is generated before the triples for any of its subdirectories
(directories are generated top down). If topdown is false, the triple
for a directory is generated after the triples for all of its
subdirectories (directories are generated bottom up).
When topdown is true, the caller can modify the dirnames list in-place
(e.g., via del or slice assignment), and walk will only recurse into the
subdirectories whose names remain in dirnames; this can be used to prune
the search, or to impose a specific order of visiting. Modifying
dirnames when topdown is false is ineffective, since the directories in
dirnames have already been generated by the time dirnames itself is
generated.
Caution: if you pass a relative pathname for top, don't change the
current working directory between resumptions of walk. walk never
changes the current directory, and assumes that the client doesn't
either.
Example:
from os.path import join, getsize
for root, dirs, files in walk('python/Lib/email'):
print root, "consumes",
print sum([getsize(join(root, name)) for name in files]),
print "bytes in", len(files), "non-directory files"
if 'CVS' in dirs:
dirs.remove('CVS') # don't visit CVS directories
"""
from os.path import join, isdir, islink
# We may not have read permission for top, in which case we can't
# get a list of the files the directory contains. os.path.walk
# always suppressed the exception then, rather than blow up for a
# minor reason when (say) a thousand readable directories are still
# left to visit. That logic is copied here.
try:
# Note that listdir and error are globals in this module due
# to earlier import-*.
names = listdir(top)
except error:
return
dirs, nondirs = [], []
for name in names:
if isdir(join(top, name)):
dirs.append(name)
else:
nondirs.append(name)
if topdown:
yield top, dirs, nondirs
for name in dirs:
path = join(top, name)
if not islink(path):
for x in walk(path, topdown):
yield x
if not topdown:
yield top, dirs, nondirs
__all__.append("walk")
# Make sure os.environ exists, at least
try:
environ

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@ -202,11 +202,93 @@ class EnvironTests(TestMappingProtocol):
os.environ.clear()
os.environ.update(self.__save)
class WalkTests(unittest.TestCase):
"""Tests for os.walk()."""
def test_traversal(self):
import os
from os.path import join
# Build:
# TESTFN/ a file kid and two directory kids
# tmp1
# SUB1/ a file kid and a directory kid
# tmp2
# SUB11/ no kids
# SUB2/ just a file kid
# tmp3
sub1_path = join(TESTFN, "SUB1")
sub11_path = join(sub1_path, "SUB11")
sub2_path = join(TESTFN, "SUB2")
tmp1_path = join(TESTFN, "tmp1")
tmp2_path = join(sub1_path, "tmp2")
tmp3_path = join(sub2_path, "tmp3")
# Create stuff.
os.makedirs(sub11_path)
os.makedirs(sub2_path)
for path in tmp1_path, tmp2_path, tmp3_path:
f = file(path, "w")
f.write("I'm " + path + " and proud of it. Blame test_os.\n")
f.close()
# Walk top-down.
all = list(os.walk(TESTFN))
self.assertEqual(len(all), 4)
# We can't know which order SUB1 and SUB2 will appear in.
# Not flipped: TESTFN, SUB1, SUB11, SUB2
# flipped: TESTFN, SUB2, SUB1, SUB11
flipped = all[0][1][0] != "SUB1"
all[0][1].sort()
self.assertEqual(all[0], (TESTFN, ["SUB1", "SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
self.assertEqual(all[1 + flipped], (sub1_path, ["SUB11"], ["tmp2"]))
self.assertEqual(all[2 + flipped], (sub11_path, [], []))
self.assertEqual(all[3 - 2 * flipped], (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"]))
# Prune the search.
all = []
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TESTFN):
all.append((root, dirs, files))
# Don't descend into SUB1.
if 'SUB1' in dirs:
# Note that this also mutates the dirs we appended to all!
dirs.remove('SUB1')
self.assertEqual(len(all), 2)
self.assertEqual(all[0], (TESTFN, ["SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
self.assertEqual(all[1], (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"]))
# Walk bottom-up.
all = list(os.walk(TESTFN, topdown=False))
self.assertEqual(len(all), 4)
# We can't know which order SUB1 and SUB2 will appear in.
# Not flipped: SUB11, SUB1, SUB2, TESTFN
# flipped: SUB2, SUB11, SUB1, TESTFN
flipped = all[3][1][0] != "SUB1"
all[3][1].sort()
self.assertEqual(all[3], (TESTFN, ["SUB1", "SUB2"], ["tmp1"]))
self.assertEqual(all[flipped], (sub11_path, [], []))
self.assertEqual(all[flipped + 1], (sub1_path, ["SUB11"], ["tmp2"]))
self.assertEqual(all[2 - 2 * flipped], (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"]))
# Tear everything down. This is a decent use for bottom-up on
# Windows, which doesn't have a recursive delete command. The
# (not so) subtlety is that rmdir will fail unless the dir's
# kids are removed first, so bottom up is essential.
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TESTFN, topdown=False):
for name in files:
os.remove(join(root, name))
for name in dirs:
os.rmdir(join(root, name))
os.rmdir(TESTFN)
def test_main():
suite = unittest.TestSuite()
suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TemporaryFileTests))
suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(StatAttributeTests))
suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(EnvironTests))
for cls in (TemporaryFileTests,
StatAttributeTests,
EnvironTests,
WalkTests,
):
suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(cls))
run_suite(suite)
if __name__ == "__main__":

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@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Extension modules
Subsumed the times() function into repeat().
Added chain() and cycle().
- The rotor module is now deprecated; the encryption algorithm it uses
- The rotor module is now deprecated; the encryption algorithm it uses
is not believed to be secure, and including crypto code with Python
has implications for exporting and importing it in various countries.
@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ Extension modules
Library
-------
- New generator function os.walk() is an easy-to-use alternative to
os.path.walk(). See os module docs for details. os.path.walk()
isn't deprecated at this time, but may become deprecated in a
future release.
- Added new module "platform" which provides a wide range of tools
for querying platform dependent features.