[Tutor] read cell phone's directory?

[Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick]

On Aug 14, 2014 9:30 AM, "= Clayton - Tang =" <ctny at ctny.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am on WIndows and have an Android cell phone running Android 4.4.4.
>
> When I connect the phone to my PC using a micro-USB cable, the phone
appears next to the local hard drive under "This PC" window, then I can
browse the phone's directory like a regular disk. My goal is to find all
the photos on the phone then do something with the files. So I copied the
path from the File Explore navigation bar, which is 'This PC\Nexus
5\Internal storage\DCIM\Camera', but the follow code doesn't work.
>
> I get an error "W indowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path
specified: 'This PC\\Nexus 5\\Internal storage\\DCIM\\Camera/*.*". Does
anyone know who to make it work?

This was recently discussed on the main list (python-list aka
comp.lang.python). Long story short, modern Android phones are using the
MTP protocol and do not behave like usual USB drives. You must use a module
that implements MTP if you want to access your phone.

> import os;

No need for a semicolon here.

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Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <http://chriswarrick.com/>
Sent from my SGS3.
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