glob Namespace Reference

Functions
def	glob
def	glob1
def	has_magic

Variables
list	__all__ = ["glob"]
tuple	magic_check = re.compile('[*?[]')

Detailed Description

Filename globbing utility.

Function Documentation

def glob.glob

(

pathname)

Return a list of paths matching a pathname pattern.

The pattern may contain simple shell-style wildcards a la fnmatch.

Definition at line 9 of file glob.py.

References glob1(), and has_magic().

def glob(pathname):
    """Return a list of paths matching a pathname pattern.

    The pattern may contain simple shell-style wildcards a la fnmatch.

    """
    if not has_magic(pathname):
        if os.path.exists(pathname):
            return [pathname]
        else:
            return []
    dirname, basename = os.path.split(pathname)
    if not dirname:
        return glob1(os.curdir, basename)
    elif has_magic(dirname):
        list = glob(dirname)
    else:
        list = [dirname]
    if not has_magic(basename):
        result = []
        for dirname in list:
            if basename or os.path.isdir(dirname):
                name = os.path.join(dirname, basename)
                if os.path.exists(name):
                    result.append(name)
    else:
        result = []
        for dirname in list:
            sublist = glob1(dirname, basename)
            for name in sublist:
                result.append(os.path.join(dirname, name))
    return result