Re: os.listdir() exceptions

["Daniel B. Thurman" <dant cdkkt com>]

On 10/24/2009 08:30 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Is os.listdir(path) the only method available for obtaining
> directory/file list for the given path argument?
>
> The reason I am asking is this: what if one wishes to obtain
> a listing of, say the root directory (/), and in the case of using
> the linux os, for example, one may encounter a directory
> called: /.dbus, which is owned by root and not accessible
> to a normal user, and may cause os.listdir() to throw an
> OS.Error (permission denied) exception and to subsequently
> terminate the os.listdir() method.
>
> How does one get around this exception, to allow os.listdir()
> to continue and to ignore these exceptions, whatever they
> are, so that these exceptions can be handled with further
> code as desired by the programmer?
>
> I am tempted to use a pipe with /usr/bin/ls to get around
> os.listdir(path), but this could break portability with other
> os platforms?
>
> Does anyone have an idea or a solution?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
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Ah, ok.

I think I figured it out and it was a no-brainer!

try:
   # Even if an exception is thrown,
   # it obtains all the file lists anyway
   files = os.listdir(path)
except:
   # Handle specifics here or
   pass