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path = "/var/www/html/foo.txt"
fd = os.open( path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT )
# Close opened file
os.close( fd )
# Now create another copy of the above file.
dst = "/tmp/foo.txt"
os.link( path, dst)
print "Created hard link successfully!!"
This would produce following result:
print "Created hard link successfully!!"
os.listdir(path)
Description
The method listdir() returns a list containing the names of the entries in the directory given by path. The list is in
arbitrary order. It does not include the special entries '.' and '..' even if they are present in the directory.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for listdir() method:
os.listdir(path)
Parameters
• path -- This is the directory, which needs to be explored.
Return Value
This method returns a list containing the names of the entries in the directory given by path.
Example
The following example shows the usage of listdir() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
# Open a file
path = "/var/www/html/"
dirs = os.listdir( path )
# This would print all the files and directories
for file in dirs:
print file
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
test.htm
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