recursing_folder

recursing_folder.py

import os

source_location = "<location\\of\\the\\folder\\where\\configuration\\files\\are\\kept"
#Note how \\ is used. It is neccessary that you use \\ instead of \ for window file paths

#os.walk allows us to iterate through all the files and folder in the
#given location
for i in os.walk(source_location):
    # What os.walk gives us in return is a list.
    # That list has 3 elements 
        # path - the path of the folder and files
        # dirs - a list of all the folders in that path
        # files - a list of all the files in that path
    # so our 'i' should look something like this:
    #    ["path", [all the dirs], [all the files]]
    
    path, dirs, files = i
    
    # Here we're taking 3 variables and assiging them to the 3 elements inside our
    # list. Hence 
    #    path = "path"
    #    dirs = [all the dirs] - should be empty as our folder contains no folders inside it
    #    files = [all the files]
    
    # As we now have the list of all the files inside our folder, let's use that list to 
    # print all the files
    for file in files: 
        print(file)
        
    # now that we can recurse through all the files in the folder, we can do more instead of just
    # printing them.