import scandir, pickle

s = scandir.scandir("D:\PYTHON")
entry = s.next()
data = pickle.dumps(entry)

File "untitled.py", line 5, in <module>
  data = pickle.dumps(item)
File "C:Python27Libpickle.py", line 1374, in dumps
  Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
File "C:Python27Libpickle.py", line 224, in dump
  self.save(obj)
File "C:Python27Libpickle.py", line 306, in save
  rv = reduce(self.proto)
File "C:Python27Libcopy_reg.py", line 70, in _reduce_ex
  raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__

TypeError: can't pickle DirEntry objects

import scandir, pickle

s = scandir.scandir("D:\PYTHON")
entry = s.next()

# first convert the stat object to st_
st = entry.stat()
st_ = {'st_mode':st.st_mode, 'st_size':st.st_size,
   'st_atime':st.st_atime, 'st_mtime':st.st_mtime,
   'st_ctime':st.st_ctime}

# now convert the entry object to entry_
entry_ = {'name':entry.name, 'is_dir':entry.is_dir(),
 'path':entry.path, 'stat':st_}

# one may need some other class members also as necessary

# now pickle the converted entry_
data = pickle.dumps(entry_)