[Tutor] read cell phone's directory?

[= Clayton - Tang =]

Chris, thanks for the reply. I don't have newsgroup access, can you point me to
some place where I can learn more? Do you have sample code I can learn from?
Thanks.

Clayton


> On August 14, 2014 at 4:09 AM Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>  On Aug 14, 2014 9:30 AM, "= Clayton - Tang =" <ctny at ctny.org
> <mailto: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.
> 
>  --
>  Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <http://chriswarrick.com/>
>  Sent from my SGS3.
> 



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