scanwalk

scanwalk.walk() walks a directory tree, generating DirEntry objects. It's an alternative to os.walk() modelled on os.scandir().

>>> import scanwalk
>>> for entry in scanwalk.walk('data/demo'):
...     print(entry.path, entry.name, entry.is_dir(), entry.is_file())
...
data/demo demo True False
data/demo/adir adir True False
data/demo/adir/anotherfile anotherfile False True
data/demo/adir/anotherdir anotherdir True False
data/demo/afile afile False True

a rough equivalent with os.walk() would be

>>> import os
>>> for parent, dirs, files in os.walk('data/demo'):
...     print(parent, name, True, False)
...     for name in dirs:
...         print(os.path.join(parent, name), name, True, False)
...     for name in files:
...         print(os.path.join(parent, name), name, False, True)
...
data/demo demo True False
data/demo/adir adir True False
data/demo/afile afile False True
data/demo/adir/anotherdir anotherdir True False
data/demo/adir/anotherfile anotherfile False True

Notable features and differences between scanwalk.walk() and os.walk()

• scanwalk generates a flat stream of DirEntry objects. Nested loops aren't needed.
• scanwalk doesn't sort entries. Directories and files are intermingled (within a given parent directory).
• scanwalk descends directories as it encounters them. It's neither depth first or breadth first. os.walk() supports both.
• scanwalk doesn't build intermediate lists
• scanwalk doesn't need an onerror() callback.
• scanwalk can be 10-20% faster.

Installation

python -m pip install scanwalk

Requirements

• Python 3.6+

License

MIT