# ScanDirectory.py

    ############################################################################
    #
    #  Program: GDCM (Grassroots DICOM). A DICOM library
    #  Module:  $URL$
    #
    #  Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Mathieu Malaterre
    #  All rights reserved.
    #  See Copyright.txt or http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/Copyright.html for details.
    #
    #     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
    #     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    #     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
    #
    ############################################################################

    import gdcm
    import sys,os

    if __name__ == "__main__":
      directory = sys.argv[1]

      # Define the set of tags we are interested in
      t1 = gdcm.Tag(0x8,0x8);
      t2 = gdcm.Tag(0x10,0x10);

      # Iterate over directory
      d = gdcm.Directory();
      nfiles = d.Load( directory );
      if(nfiles == 0): sys.exit(1);
      # System.Console.WriteLine( "Files:\n" + d.toString() );

      filenames = d.GetFilenames()

      #  Get rid of any Warning while parsing the DICOM files
      gdcm.Trace.WarningOff()

      # instanciate Scanner:
      s = gdcm.Scanner();
      s.AddTag( t1 );
      s.AddTag( t2 );
      b = s.Scan( filenames );
      if(not b): sys.exit(1);

      print "success" ;
      #print s

      pttv = gdcm.PythonTagToValue( s.GetMapping( filenames[1] ) )
      pttv.Start()
      # iterate until the end:
      while( not pttv.IsAtEnd() ):
        # get current value for tag and associated value:
        # if tag was not found, then it was simply not added to the internal std::map
        # Warning value can be None
        tag = pttv.GetCurrentTag()
        value = pttv.GetCurrentValue()
        print tag,"->",value
        # increment iterator
        pttv.Next()

      sys.exit(0)