Python - Get relative path of all files and subfolders in a directory

Question

I am searching for a good way to get relative paths of files and (sub)folders within a specific folder.

For my current approach I am using os.walk(). It is working but it does not seem "pythonic" to me:

myFolder = "myfolder" fileSet = set() # yes, I need a set()  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(myFolder):     for fileName in files:         fileSet.add(root.replace(myFolder, "") + os.sep + fileName) 

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Answer 1

Use os.path.relpath(). This is exactly its intended use.

import os root_dir = "myfolder" file_set = set()  for dir_, _, files in os.walk(root_dir):     for file_name in files:         rel_dir = os.path.relpath(dir_, root_dir)         rel_file = os.path.join(rel_dir, file_name)         file_set.add(rel_file) 

Note that os.path.relpath() was added in Python 2.6 and is supported on Windows and Unix.