calling tar commands

[tcurdts]

Nope. The only thing I changed was getting rid of the apostrophes and now I'm back to double back-slashes in the error msg:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\WorkSpace\ \LTC\\MRLC_test \\NZT\\tmp\\NZT 070830130627200 100.tar'

The path strings in the text file are just as you'd see them in Windows:

C:\WorkSpace\LT C\MRLC_test\NZT \tmp\NZT0708301 30627200100.tar

[bvdet]

Nope. The only thing I changed was getting rid of the apostrophes and now I'm back to double back-slashes in the error msg:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\WorkSpace\ \LTC\\MRLC_test \\NZT\\tmp\\NZT 070830130627200 100.tar'

The path strings in the text file are just as you'd see them in Windows:

C:\WorkSpace\LT C\MRLC_test\NZT \tmp\NZT0708301 30627200100.tar

That appears to be a valid file name and error message. I get the same message when attempting to open a file for reading that does not exist:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'H:\\TEMP\\tems ys\\xdata9992.t xt'

Try this on your system:[code=Python]>>> import os
>>> os.path.isfile( r'H:\TEMP\temsy s\xdata9992.txt ')
False
>>> os.path.isfile( r'H:\TEMP\temsy s\xdata999.txt' )
True
>>>[/code]

[tcurdts]

Sooo sorry... I had the paths wrong in the textfile; the files I was trying to hit were one level up. doh!!

It's working beautifully. I have more development ahead but will start a new thread if/when I get stuck.

Thanks again for all your help.

with tail between legs,
Thom

[Jach]

Just coming from a slightly minimalist view, you could also opt to run this command directly through the shell/command prompt. But since you're on Windows, chances are you don't have the tar utility and if you did it wouldn't be in the Path. =P But a Linux equivalent:

import os

f = open("path_to_list.txt")
for line in f:
  os.system("tar -zxvf " + line)

Note this would untar to the current directory that the script is in, and you'd have to add a path to the line unless it's already in the file.