[Tutor] moving files from one dir to another
Dave Angel
davea at ieee.org
Tue May 12 03:25:06 CEST 2009
Matt Herzog wrote:
> Should be simple, right? Not for me, heh.
>
> def schmove(src,dst):
> ... src = '/home/datasvcs/PIG/cjomeda_exp/'
> ... dst = '/home/datasvcs/PIG/cjomeda_exp_archive/'
> ... listOfFiles = os.listdir(src)
> ... for filez in listOfFiles:
> ... os.system("mv"+ " " + src + " " + dst)
>
>
> The above code does not copy anything. I sure wish it would spit just one error.
>
> I sure wish I could for the last line go,
>
> shutil.move("src", "dest")
>
> That would be cool.
>
> Plz halp!
>
>
>
Just use os.rename() if the dest is a directory, it'll move the file
there.
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