please note im a beginner in python, apologies if this is redundant.
So, in my current repo, I have the following folder structure:
repo-name
->folder1
->subfolder1
->script.py
->some-naming-convention-folder2
->subfolder2
->subfolder21
->subfolder211
->file.txt
-> more such "some-naming-convention-folders" here...
As you might have guessed it, I am running my script.py from the location path-to-my-repo/folder1/subfolder1, and I want to fetch all such *.txt files from all the other directories except mine.
The reason being if you observe this some-naming-convention-folder2 are the only types of folders i want to focus on, and also since all such folders will be having these files.
Also, this script will be running on jenkins as a job.
So, here is what i was doing
all_my_files = glob.glob("/full-path-here-to-my-repo/**/*.txt", recursive=True)
I am able to get all such files ONLY when I do this via the python interpreter.
However, when I add the logic such as
all_my_files = glob.glob("/just-my-repo-name/**/file.txt", recursive=True)
all I get is an empty list.
I even tried
all_my_files = glob.glob("../**/file.txt", recursive=True) --> returns empty list
all_my_files = glob.glob("./just-my-repo-name/*.txt", recursive=True) --> returns empty list
Can someone please suggest me what needs to be done, or do I also need to make use of pathlib or os.walk()?
im such a dumbo, I wasn't aware what the ".." in a glob.glob("../directory/file.extension") meant! So, those tell "glob" hey go "UP" to my first parent directory, and then look for file.extension under that, recursively.
And, here I was under the assumption that if you see a ".." in a path, it meant to me "go DOWN" one level.Aaargh!
And, in my case since since I am 2 folders deep, I tried doing this
../../**/file.txt and I am now able to list all the txt files!