Program runs in all directories, except one..

[Theo v. Werkhoven]

Goodday,

Something strange going on here.
A piece of code I wrote bombs out in one of de directories under $HOME,
but not in others.
Here's a snipped:

#v+
def bin2asc(c):
    s=''
    for i in range(0,8):
      if c & 1<<(7-i):
          s+='1'
      else:
          s+='0'
    return 'b'+s

def shiftout(numoctets):
    os.system('clear')
    ser = serial.Serial(0)
    from array import array
    octarray = [0]
    for i in range(0,numoctets-1):
        octarray.append(0)

    for octet in range(numoctets,0,-1):
        octarray[octet-1]=1
        for shift in range(0,8):
            strg = array("B",octarray).tostring()
            for oct in range(len(strg)):
              print 'octet%-11s' % oct,
            print
            for byte in array("B",octarray):
                print '%-2s' % bin2asc(int(byte)),
                print '%-6s' % hex(int(byte)),
            print; print
            try:
                dummy = raw_input("Druk op een toets om de bytes te verzenden ")
            except KeyboardInterrupt, msg:
                print; usage("Exiting..")
                sys.exit()
            ser.write(strg)
            octarray[octet-1] = octarray[octet-1] << 1
            os.system('clear')
        octarray[octet-1]=0
    print "done..
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Here's the output from the directory it bombs out in:
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theo:/home/theo/Devel/Python $ python serialLEDtest-cli.py
Hoeveel chips van het type HC595 zitten er op het LED board? 2
0
7865
8162
8220
17307
251430
5886084
5886182
5891527
5892283
5901048
5901062
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "serialLEDtest-cli.py", line 96, in <module>
    main()
  File "serialLEDtest-cli.py", line 93, in main
    shiftout(numoctets)
  File "serialLEDtest-cli.py", line 62, in shiftout
    strg = array("B",octarray).tostring()
TypeError: 'list' object is not callable
#v-
Where the numbers come from I don't know, python internal?
#v+
theo:/home/theo/Devel/Python$ stat serialLEDtest-cli.py
  File: `serialLEDtest-cli.py'
  Size: 2641            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd00h/64768d    Inode: 69113       Links: 4
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/    theo)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2007-04-28 13:28:23.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2007-04-28 13:00:33.000000000 +0200
Change: 2007-04-28 13:22:38.000000000 +0200
#v-

Now i've made hard links to other directories, like $HOME and $HOME/bin
#v+
theo:/home/theo $ stat serialLEDtest-cli.py
  File: `serialLEDtest-cli.py'
  Size: 2641            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd00h/64768d    Inode: 69113       Links: 4
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/    theo)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2007-04-28 13:30:02.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2007-04-28 13:00:33.000000000 +0200
Change: 2007-04-28 13:22:38.000000000 +0200
#v-

And when I run (the same script) from that location:
#v+
theo:/home/theo $ python serialLEDtest-cli.py
Hoeveel chips van het type HC595 zitten er op het LED board? 2
octet0           octet1          
b00000000 0x0    b00000001 0x1   

Druk op een toets om de bytes te verzenden
#v-

Not a problem there, and neither in other directories I  made links in,
or copied the file to, only in that one directory..

Anyone have ideas?
Tnx.

Theo
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