Common Python errors

1. typeerror: coercing to UNICODE: need string or buffer, type found

Traceback (most recent call Last  ): File  "  Unzip. py  " , Line 20 , In <Module> Tar = Tarfile. Open ( File  ) File  "  /System/library/frameworks/python. Framework/versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/tarfile. py " , Line 1658 , In  Open return func (name,  "  R  " , Fileobj ,** Kwargs) File  "  /System/library/frameworks/python. Framework/versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/tarfile. py  " , Line 1720 , In  Gzopen fileobj = Bltn_open (name, mode + "  B  "  ) Typeerror: coercing to UNICODE: Need  String Or buffer, type found

CodeIs:

 #  Scan all current GZ files Currdir = OS. getcwd () files = OS. listdir (currdir) dstdir = "  20130.009  "  If  Not  OS. Path. exists (dstdir): OS. mkdir (dstdir)  For Filename In  Files:  If OS. Path. isfile (filename) And  Tarfile. is_tarfile (filename ):  Print  Filename  Try  : Tar = Tarfile. Open (file) #  This should be filename, not file. Names = Tar. getnames ()  For Name In  Names: tar. Extract (name, path = Dstdir) tar. Close ()  Except  Tarfile. readerror:  Print   "  Not a tarfile  "              Pass