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AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'scandir'

I have no idea why this is happening. Here's the function: def scanWallDir(basedir, scansubdirs=True): wallsOut = [] for entry in …

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Python: Check if a directory exists using os module

I'm trying to validate if a directory received as user input exists using the os module This is how I'm …

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AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'exist'

I want to check if a file exists and if it does give the folder i create with mkdir the …

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Difference between os.getlogin() and os.environ for getting Username

Is there a difference between using os.getlogin() and os.environ for getting the current user's username on Linux? At …

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How to prevent a race condition when multiple processes attempt to write to and then read from a file at the same time

I have the following code (simplified for clarity): import os import errno import imp lib_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/.…

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