gistfile1.py

# -*- codding:utf-8 -*-

from xml.dom import minidom
import os.path

 
# The top argument for walk. The
# Python27/Lib/site-packages folder in my case
 
topdir="C:\\Users\\frlam\\Desktop\\Conf BIRDY WP"

# The arg argument for walk, and subsequently ext for step
exten = '.birdyW.xml'

def perteReseauFromFile(strFile):
    #strFile = strFile.replace('\\','/')  # not working either
    res = []
    doc = minidom.parse(strFile)
    print strFile
    inactive = doc.getElementsByTagName("networkLostTempo")
    if inactive == []:
        inactive = doc.getElementsByTagName("POCSAGSurvey")
    res =inactive.firstChild.nodeValue
    print res
    return res
    
def step(ext, dirname, names):
    ext = ext.lower()
 
    for name in names:
        if name.lower().endswith(ext):
            f=os.path.join(dirname, name)
            print(f)
            print extractEpromDataFromFile(f)



# Start the walk
os.path.walk(topdir, step, exten)