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Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python

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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:11:32 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> The main one that comes to mind is os.walk, which has this to say:
> 
>     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.
> 
> Seems like a reasonable assumption to me.

Oh, that kind of functions.
Yes, that *is* surely reasonable, just as mixing chdir/mkdir/remove
and whatever else that affects the directory structure is not a good idea,
or at least something to be done carefully.
I just wouldn't think to give it some special credit.

Thanks
Waldek

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what's the command for (cd ..) in python kaustubh joshi <kandrjoshi@gmail.com> - 2011-09-09 14:07 +0200
  Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-09-09 23:03 +1000
    Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-09-09 13:35 -0400
    Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-09-10 12:32 +0200
      Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-09-10 21:11 +1000
        Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-09-10 15:57 +0200
          Re: what's the command for (cd ..) in python Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2011-09-11 09:50 +1000

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