From 4aa233e9e4dd838fe95bdd8b2e44dc0a5cfe61ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Speiser <doskir@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 23:32:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Better fix for Issue #796, filters all hidden Unix
 directories

---
 headphones/librarysync.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/headphones/librarysync.py b/headphones/librarysync.py
index 7001c14c..ea95efa6 100644
--- a/headphones/librarysync.py
+++ b/headphones/librarysync.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def libraryScan(dir=None, append=False, ArtistID=None, ArtistName=None):
     song_list = []
     
     for r,d,f in os.walk(dir):
+        #need to abuse slicing to get a copy of the list, doing it directly will skip the element after a deleted one
+        #using a list comprehension will not work correctly for nested subdirectories (os.walk keeps its original list)
+        for directory in d[:]:
+            if directory.startswith("."):
+                d.remove(directory)
         for files in f:
             # MEDIA_FORMATS = music file extensions, e.g. mp3, flac, etc
             if any(files.lower().endswith('.' + x.lower()) for x in headphones.MEDIA_FORMATS):