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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-02-16 21:25:53 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-02-16 21:25:53 (GMT)
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In the example file name, use the current Python version, not a hardcoded
value. Use logical markup.
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\stmodindex{glob}
\setindexsubitem{(in module glob)}
-The \code{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
+The \module{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell. No tilde
expansion is done, but \code{*}, \code{?}, and character ranges
expressed with \code{[]} will be correctly matched. This is done by
-using the \code{os.listdir()} and \code{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions
-in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and
-shell variable expansion, use \code{os.path.expanduser(}) and
-\code{os.path.expandvars()}.)
+using the \function{os.listdir()} and \function{fnmatch.fnmatch()}
+functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For
+tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()}
+and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.)
\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
which must be a string containing a path specification.
\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
-\file{/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile}) or relative (like
+\file{/usr/src/Python\version/Makefile}) or relative (like
\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
\end{funcdesc}
For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
-\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \code{glob.glob()}
+\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \function{glob.glob()}
will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
of the path are preserved.