Re: [Tutor] Data Gathering

2007-08-19 Thread Kent Johnson
Johnny Jelinek IV wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if something like this is possible; Can I create a > python script that will connect to a website to use it's search features > to gather information for me? For example, if I wanted information > about a movie from imdb, or something from wik

Re: [Tutor] Data Gathering

2007-08-19 Thread John Fouhy
On 20/08/07, Johnny Jelinek IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if something like this is possible; Can I create a python > script that will connect to a website to use it's search features to gather > information for me? For example, if I wanted information about a movie from > imdb,

[Tutor] Data Gathering

2007-08-19 Thread Johnny Jelinek IV
Hi, I was wondering if something like this is possible; Can I create a python script that will connect to a website to use it's search features to gather information for me? For example, if I wanted information about a movie from imdb, or something from wikipedia, but didn't want to go to the web

Re: [Tutor] Python Book Recommendations [Was:[Re: Security]]

2007-08-19 Thread Tim Michelsen
Hello, >> Univ of Toronto, Indiana Univ, and Caltech. Dr. Wilson wrote about it in >> the magazine of Sigma Xi: >> >> http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/48548 >> >> It has moved around a lot. It's current official home is on scipy.org: >> >> http://www.swc.scipy.org/ >>

Re: [Tutor] getting the size of an open TarFile object

2007-08-19 Thread Kent Johnson
Adam A. Zajac wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been working with the tarfile module and just noticed an apparent > flaw in my own logic. I wanted to add files to the tar until it neared > a certain file size. After every addition I would use > os.path.getsize(). What I noticed today is that I could