[Zope-dev] Recursive folders from Python

[Kapil Thangavelu]

not an answer to the original question... but an alternative approach


from OFS import Folder

def create_folders(self, number):
	''' create a set of recursive folders with depth equal to number'''

	parent = self
	for index in xrange(number):
		folder = Folder()
		folder.id = str(number)
		parent._setObject(folder, str(number))
		parent = folder





Andy McKay wrote:
> 
> Try using getattr to get the object... heres a python script to do it a
> little more cleanly:
> 
> import string
> 
> def create_folders(self):
>  path = '/a/b/c'      # create a folder for each part of the string, nested.
> 
>  for p in string.split(path, '/'):
>   if p != '':
>    self = create_folder(self, p)
> 
>  return 'Done'
> 
> def create_folder(folder, id):
>  try: folder.manage_addFolder(id)
>  except: pass
> 
>  new_folder = getattr(folder, id)
>  return new_folder
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Spisak" <444@hiretechs.com>
> To: <zope-dev@zope.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 10:46 AM
> Subject: [Zope-dev] Recursive folders from Python
> 
> > Zopists,
> >
> > Yesterday I was trying to create recursive folders from DTML.
> > I'd like to do the same from Python.
> > Does anyonw know why this code won't create a folder within a folder.
> > It's tells me the id is already in use, so that means it's not
> > descending into the newly created folder to make another folder.
> >
> > def create(self):
> >     for digit in range(0, 10):
> >         folder    = self.manage_addFolder(str(digit), str(digit))
> >         subfolder = self.folder.manage_addFolder(str(digit), str(digit))
> >
> > All my best,
> >
> > Jason Spisak
> > 444@hiretechs.com
> >
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