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user1815498
user1815498

Reputation: 1277

os.system error: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute '__getitem__'

I'm trying to copy files to a new directory using python, and to do so, I set up two os variables $path1 and $path2 as follows:

os.environ['path1'] = '<filename>'
os.environ['path2'] = '<dirname/filename2>'
os.system['cp $path1 $path2']

This gives me "builtin_function_mor_method' object has no attribute 'getitem' each time. I've seen almost identical syntax online and have used it, so I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 333

Answers (1)

anon582847382
anon582847382

Reputation: 20351

You are calling the function incorrectly:

os.system('cp $path1 $path2')

That is, you want (), not []. [] is for getting items from an iterable, () is for calling a function like in your case.

Upvotes: 2

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