When I create a subfolder, python is not seeing it. Can someone please
explain this behaviour ? I just started with python, read the tutorial over
the weekend and am writing my very first script. So I may not be seeing
something. Both os.path and glob.glob seem not to see a folder I created.
Other sibling folders seem to work fine. On a whim I tried paths with \\
double slashes and that worked. But why should single slashes work for some
folders and not for others ??

What I need is to match a bunch of files in a folder with
glob.glob(C:\enhancement\rawfiles\*.bin.gz) and send them to a function that
unzips them. But I always get []. Yes the folder does have my files, and I
checked all permissions etc, everything looks identical to the other folders
which python IS seeing. Same problem on my vista pc too.

Behaviour reproduced below.

C:\Enhancement>dir /ad

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is 8056-41E7

Directory of C:\Enhancement

08/28/2007 06:15 PM <DIR> .

08/28/2007 06:15 PM <DIR> ..

08/28/2007 06:07 PM <DIR> BSA Documentation

08/28/2007 05:56 PM <DIR> output

08/29/2007 07:08 PM <DIR> rawfiles

08/23/2007 04:38 PM <DIR> SnapCell2.3.2

08/28/2007 06:15 PM <DIR> test

0 File(s) 0 bytes

7 Dir(s) 35,703,283,712 bytes free

C:\>python -V

Python 2.5.1

C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\output')"

True

C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\rawfiles')"

False

C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\\enhancement\\rawfiles')"

True

C:\>python -c "import glob; print glob.glob('C:\enhancement\rawfiles\*')"

[]

C:\>python -c "import os; print os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\test')"

False

C:\>python -c "import os; print
os.path.exists('C:\enhancement\snapcell2.3.2')"

True