[Tutor] copy files selectively from source to destination

[Emile van Sebille]

On 12/05/2016 08:20 AM, anatta anatta wrote:
> Dear tutor!
>
>
>
> Here is my working code - to copy files from one drive to another.
>
> I however want to copy selective files.
>
> For example I like to copy only .txt files only from the source to destination, and not other types of files.
>
> How could I do this selective copying?

You could test f as you loop over the files to ensure it ends '.txt'.

Emile


>
> Thanks in advance for the hints.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Kumar.
>
>
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> """
> Created on Wed Jun 01 17:05:07 2016
>
> @author: anatta
> """
>
> import os
> import shutil
> sourcePath = r'H://'
> destPath = r'O://test_o/'
> ls=os.listdir('.')#list current dir
> #print('listing current dir\n')
> #print(ls)
> for root, dirs, files in os.walk(sourcePath):
>
>      #figure out where we're going
>      dest = destPath + root.replace(sourcePath, '')
>
>      #if we're in a directory that doesn't exist in the destination folder
>      #then create a new folder
>      if not os.path.isdir(dest):
>          os.mkdir(dest)
>          print 'Directory created at: ' + dest
>
>      #loop through all files in the directory
>      for f in files:
>
>          #compute current (old) & new file locations
>          oldLoc = root + '\\' + f
>          newLoc = dest + '\\' + f
>
>          if not os.path.isfile(newLoc):
>              try:
>                  shutil.copy2(oldLoc, newLoc)
>                  print 'File ' + f + ' copied.'
>              except IOError:
>                  print 'file "' + f + '" already exists'
>
>
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