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Re: Creating a function for a directory

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On 11/11/2013 22:26, 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.
>
>
>
> def firstdev(file):
> 	in_file = open("desktop/%s.txt") % 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")
>

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Creating a function for a directory Matt <mattgraves7@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 14:26 -0800
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 17:36 -0500
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 09:38 +1100
  Re: Creating a function for a directory bob gailer <bgailer@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 17:42 -0500
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 17:44 -0500
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-11 22:45 +0000
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 14:51 -0800
    Re: Creating a function for a directory Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 10:11 +1100
      Re: Creating a function for a directory Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 21:42 -0800
        Re: Creating a function for a directory Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 17:02 +1100
    Re: Creating a function for a directory Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-12 00:33 +0000
      Re: Creating a function for a directory Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-11-12 13:42 +0000
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Matt <mattgraves7@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 15:05 -0800
  Re: Creating a function for a directory Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 09:51 +1100
  Re: Creating a function for a directory unknown <unknown@unknown.com> - 2013-11-12 10:07 +0000
    Re: Creating a function for a directory Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-11-12 11:24 +0100
      Re: Creating a function for a directory unknown <unknown@unknown.com> - 2013-11-12 11:26 +0000

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