ListWorkspaces

Summary

Lists all of the workspaces within the set workspace. Search conditions can be specified for the workspace name and workspace type to limit the Python List that is returned.

Discussion

The workspace environment must be set first before using several of the List functions, including ListDatasets, ListFeatureClasses, ListFiles, ListRasters, ListTables, and ListWorkspaces.

Syntax

ListWorkspaces ({wild_card}, {workspace_type})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
wild_card	The wild card limits the results returned. If no wild card is specified, all values are returned.	String
workspace_type	The workspace type to limit the results returned by the wild card argument. There are six possible workspace types: Access —Only personal geodatabases will be selected. Coverage —Only coverage workspaces will be selected. FileGDB —Only file geodatabases will be selected. Folder —Only shapefile workspaces will be selected. SDE —Only ArcSDE databases will be selected. All —All workspaces will be selected. This is the default. (The default value is All)	String

Return Value

Data Type	Explanation
String	The Python List containing workspace names is returned from the function, limited by the wild card and workspace type arguments.

Code Sample

ListWorkspaces example

Compact all File Geodatabases in workspace.

import arcpy

arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/Data" 

# List all file geodatabases in the current workspace 
# 
workspaces = arcpy.ListWorkspaces("*", "FileGDB")
for workspace in workspaces: 
    # Compact each geodatabase 
    #
    arcpy.Compact_management(workspace)