Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.065 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.87; '*S*': 0.00; 'exists.': 0.07; 'great.': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'def': 0.12; "'w')": 0.16; 'desktop?': 0.16; 'script,': 0.16; 'specifying': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'file,': 0.19; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; "aren't": 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'skip:" 20': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'said,': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; "skip:' 10": 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'being': 0.38; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'future': 0.60; 'solve': 0.60; 'skip:o 30': 0.61; 'complete': 0.62; 'such': 0.63; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'cut': 0.74; 'directory:': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=fg6QE5p1a7kAGtNVpMkq2YSHuCnsej9oYi/uckhqYhk=; b=A5KWBi4KQ60YCsYzqerhnyofiwBu0RlqM4UJC8zUilsSo2vfmRurgOKmPAQZla6qaC RzjVvirQBO2xyC7eiZnOwBycrlKcS4QDtH8driAYNCmn5f7y2Qno/CAN7MmLYod3xvTp Fo+/qy11mfc9ZSA/SyOM1wOcu/ZWJdCMJdo3Ibx1VuCwT7JVg1Cuvpv5qwuBjKqR/5lQ VD5QULN81d1ixg6xGnk4SD5xqFXXm5+Dbv0p8Tp4PdWACOcKHh5nEgi3suAoR/HUoDrW pJoIJnMPmJZQ0iOn0HEEw99bojTPhJSVLISrzAvdbULXDhK4PLtbSeHhtDRHEmGQAVWf wAMw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.221.40.10 with SMTP id to10mr5237682vcb.22.1384209415889; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:36:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <521ed3d4-e2f7-4196-947d-61f94573a8ce@googlegroups.com> References: <521ed3d4-e2f7-4196-947d-61f94573a8ce@googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:36:55 -0500 Subject: Re: Creating a function for a directory From: Joel Goldstick To: Matt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1384209418 news.xs4all.nl 15959 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47697 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59107 On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Matt wrote: > So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any suggestions would be great. Its better in the future to cut and paste the traceback rather than paraphrase... That being said, it can't find the in_file. Maybe you aren't in the directory above desktop? Try specifying a complete path, instead of relative. Once you solve that, be sure the ouput path is specificed completely and that it exists. > > > > def firstdev(file): > in_file = open("desktop/%s.txt") % file > indata = in_file.read() > out_file = open("desktop/newfolder/%s.txt", 'w') % file > out_file.write(indata) > out_file.close() > in_file.close() > > firstdev("test") > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com