On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Spencer Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well...it gives me the entire path...I am not running this script from the > actual directory...I am running it from a secure user directory that only > has certain access rights. During the os.path.dirname gives me the entire > directory path...I just need to last part of it is all. out of > '/xen/domains2/machinename/disk.img all I need is 'machinename'
In [1]: import os In [2]: path = '/xen/domains2/machinename/disk.img' In [3]: os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(path)) Out[3]: 'machinename' Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor