os.walk()

[rbt]

Could someone demonstrate the correct/proper way to use os.walk() to skip certain 
files and folders while walking a specified path? I've read the module docs and 
googled to no avail and posted here about other os.walk issues, but I think I need to 
back up to the basics or find another tool as this isn't going anywhere fast... I've 
tried this:

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, topdown=True):
    file_skip_list = ['file1', 'file2']
    dir_skip_list = ['dir1', 'dir2']
    for f in files:
        if f in file_skip_list
            files.remove(f)
    for d in dirs:
        if d in dir_skip_list:
            dirs.remove(d)
    NOW, ANALYZE THE FILES
And This:
    files = [f for f in files if f not in file_skip_list]
    dirs = [d for d in dirs if dir not in dir_skip_list]
    NOW, ANAYLZE THE FILES
The problem I run into is that some of the files and dirs are not removed while others 
are. I can be more specific and give exact examples if needed. On WinXP, 
'pagefile.sys' is always removed, while 'UsrClass.dat' is *never* removed, etc.
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