os.stat() distorts filenames that end with period (nt.stat())

[ruck]

On Thursday, September 6, 2012 6:19:11 PM UTC-7, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 09/06/2012 08:55 PM, ruck wrote:
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> > (This with Python 2.7.2 on Windows 7)
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> >
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> > os.stat() won't recognize a filename ending in period.
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> > It will ignore trailing periods.  
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> > If you ask it about file 'goo...' it will report on file 'goo'
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> > And if 'goo' doesn't exist, os.stat will complain.
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> >
> 
> > create file goo, then
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> >
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> >     >>> os.stat('goo')
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> >     nt.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=0L, st_dev=0, st_nlink=0, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_size=0L, st_atime=1346978160L, st_mtime=1346978160L, st_ctime=1346978160L)
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> >     >>> os.stat('goo...')
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> >     nt.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=0L, st_dev=0, st_nlink=0, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_size=0L, st_atime=1346978160L, st_mtime=1346978160L, st_ctime=1346978160L)
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> >
> 
> > rename goo to "goo...", then,
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> >
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> >     >>> os.stat('goo...')
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> >
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> >     Traceback (most recent call last):
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> >       File "<pyshell#16>", line 1, in <module>
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> >         os.stat('goo...')
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> >     WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'goo...'
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> >
> 
> > Puzzling, to me at least.
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> > Any comments?
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> > This with Python 2.7.2 on Windows 7.
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> > Is there a workaround?
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> > Thanks,
> 
> > John
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> 
> FWIW, it seems to work okay here in Linux 11.04, both Python 2.7 and 3.2
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> 
> DaveA

Thanks, I agree, I expect this is Windows 7 or win32 specific.

Also, in creating a test case to demonstrate, I may have clouded my intent.
I want to walk() a dir, 
reporting the output of os.stat() for files below the dir.
One of the existing files happens to be named like "goo..."
And os.stat('goo...') fails to see the file.
I am not trying to rename the file, just hoping to stat an existing file.
John