Newby Question: os.rename

[CotaBas]

>
> "Kevin Bass" <KBASS1 at nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:AcGc9.68214$Xa.3523883 at twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > I am attempting to create an archive function within my program. This
> > function should create a directory with a timestamp name (such as
> > /home/oracle/data/20020831) on the fly, list the contents of a current
> > directory then place the contain from the previous directory into the
> newly
> > created directory.
> >
> > The newly created directory with the timestamp name is being created and
> the
> > list of files from the current directory has been retrieved but my
problem
> > comes when moving the files to the newly created directory. I am trying
to
> > achieve this tasks with os.rename but find it difficult to get the
command
> > to recognize the new directory and place the files into it.
> >
> > I have attempted to get os.rename to recognize the 'archloc' variable
that
> > contains the name of the newly created directory but that did not work.
I
> > also tried to join the newly created directory with the file names then
> send
> > it through os.rename and that did not work either.
> > What am I doing wrong? Thanks!! (My code is listed below)
> >
> >
> > def archive_data(archive):
> >
> >    the_date = strftime("%Y%m%d")
> >    archloc = ('/home/oracle/data/' + the_date)
> >    os.mkdir(archloc)
> >
> >    if archive == 'yes':
> >       for file in os.listdir('/home/oracle/data'):
> >          file2 = os.path.join(archloc, file)
> >          #print file2
> >    os.rename(r'/home/oracle/data/' + file, file2)
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I have figured it out. Thanks!
>
>
>

LOL if you wait long enough people solve there own problems....