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Re: How do you copy files from one location to another?

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On 17/06/2011 06:06, John Salerno wrote:
> Based on what I've read, it seems os.rename is the proper function to
> use, but I'm a little confused about the syntax. Basically I just want
> to write a simple script that will back up my saved game files when I
> run it. So I want it to copy a set of files/directories from a
> location on my C:\ drive to another directory on my E:\ drive. I don't
> want to rename or delete the originals, just move them. I also want
> them to automatically overwrite whatever already happens to be in the
> location on the E:\ drive.
>
> Is os.rename the proper function for this? Mainly I was because the
> Module Index says this:
>
> "On Windows, if dst already exists, OSError will be raised even if it
> is a file.."
>
> so it sounds like I can't move the files to a location where those
> file names already exist.

For a Windows-only Q&D, you could use the pywin32 win32file module
which exposes the MoveFileEx[W] API:

<code>
import win32file

win32file.MoveFileExW (
   "c:/temp/blah.txt",
   "c:/temp/blah2.txt",
   win32file.MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING
)

</code>

TJG

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How do you copy files from one location to another? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 22:06 -0700
  Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 01:15 -0500
  Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-06-17 19:25 +1200
    Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 09:17 -0700
      Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-17 15:23 -0400
        Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 14:27 -0700
          Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-17 15:15 -0700
            Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 16:28 -0700
  Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-06-17 09:04 +0100
  Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Heather Brown <heather@dejaviewphoto.com> - 2011-06-17 12:43 -0400
  Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak@hrivnak.org> - 2011-06-18 13:13 -0400
  Re: How do you copy files from one location to another? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-18 16:52 -0400

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