#!/usr/bin/python

from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator
import os,sys,datetime

class dir2xml:
    def __init__(self,filename="tree_%s.xml"%datetime.date.today()):
        self.filename=filename
        try:    
            self.fh=open(filename,"w")
        except IOError,error:
            print error.err
            return error.err
        try:
            self.xml=XMLGenerator(self.fh)
        except:
            print "Error creating XML object"
            return -1

    def __del__(self):
        self.fh.close()

    def toxml(self,dir_):
        self.xml.startElement("directory",{"dirname":dir_})
        items=os.listdir(dir_)
        for item in items:
            fullname=os.path.join(dir_,item)
            if os.path.isdir(fullname):
                self.toxml(fullname)
            else:
                ext=item.split(".")
                self.xml.startElement("file",{"size":str(os.path.getsize(fullname)),"type":ext[-1]})
                self.xml.characters(item)
                self.xml.endElement("file")
        self.xml.endElement("directory")

a=dir2xml()
a.toxml(sys.argv[1])

#!/usr/bin/python

from xml.dom import minidom
import os,sys,datetime

class dir2xml:
    def __init__(self,filename="tree_%s.xml"%datetime.date.today()):
        self.filename=filename
        try:    
            self.fh=open(filename,"w")
        except IOError,error:
            print error.err
            return error.err
        try:
            self.dom=minidom.Document()
        except:
            print "Error creating XML object"
            return -1

    def __del__(self):
        self.fh.close()

    def toxml(self,dir_):
        e1=self.dom.createElement("Directory")
        e1.setAttribute("dirname",dir_)
        self.dom.appendChild(e1)
        items=os.listdir(dir_)
        for item in items:
            fullname=os.path.join(dir_,item)
            if os.path.isdir(fullname):
                self.toxml(fullname)
            else:
                ext=item.split(".")
                e2=self.dom.createElement("file")
                e2.setAttribute("size",str(os.path.getsize(fullname)))
                e2.setAttribute("type",ext[-1])
                e2.appendChild(self.dom.createTextNode(item))
                e1.appendChild(e2)
        return self.dom

a=dir2xml()
xml=a.toxml(sys.argv[1])
print xml.toprettyxml()