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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:53:21 +0000
From: Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk>
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On 17/01/2014 05:42, vasishtha.spier@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:07:59 PM UTC-8, Tim Golden wrote:
>> 
>> Here's a quick example. This should walk down the Python directory,
>> creating a text file for each directory. The textfile will contain
>> the names of all the files in the directory. (NB this might create
>> a lot of text files so run it inside some temp directory).

[.. snip sample code ...]

> 
> Thanks Tim.  It worked like a charm and saved me weeks of work using
> a drag and drop utility. About 250 pdf files created of 50 to 100
> pages each.  Heres the code in case any one else can use it. [snip]

Glad it was helpful. And thanks for coming back with the solution:
hopefully future searchers will find it useful. (And it's a great advert
for how easy it is to do useful things in just a few lines of Python).

TJG