# File: os-path-walk-example-3.py

import os

class DirectoryWalker:
    # a forward iterator that traverses a directory tree

    def __init__(self, directory):
        self.stack = [directory]
        self.files = []
        self.index = 0

    def __getitem__(self, index):
        while 1:
            try:
                file = self.files[self.index]
                self.index = self.index + 1
            except IndexError:
                # pop next directory from stack
                self.directory = self.stack.pop()
                self.files = os.listdir(self.directory)
                self.index = 0
            else:
                # got a filename
                fullname = os.path.join(self.directory, file)
                if os.path.isdir(fullname) and not os.path.islink(fullname):
                    self.stack.append(fullname)
                return fullname

for file in DirectoryWalker("."):
    print file

## .\aifc-example-1.py
## .\anydbm-example-1.py
## .\array-example-1.py
## ...