Python 2.5.2: trying to open files recursively

Question

The script below should open all the files inside the folder \'pruebaba\' recursively but I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
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Answer 1

You're trying to open everything you see. One thing you tried to open was a directory; you need to check if an entry is a file or is a directory, and make a decision from there. (Was the error IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory not descriptive enough?)

If it is a directory, then you'll want to make a recursive call to your function to walk over the files in that directory as well.

Alternatively, you might be interested in the os.walk function to take care of the recursive-ness for you.