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newGIS
newGIS

Reputation: 614

How to copy a folder (divide into sub folders) using Python?

i try to copy a directory (divided into folders and subfolders) to a new folder that will be created.i work with python 2.7.

I read https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html and tried this code:

import os,shutil

dir_src = r"C:\Project\layers"
dir_dst = r"C:\Project\new" 
for file in os.listdir(dir_src):
    print file 
    src_file = os.path.join(dir_src, file)
    dst_file = os.path.join(dir_dst, file)
    shutil.copytree(src_file, dst_file,symlinks=False, ignore=None)
    print 'copytree'

But i get an error:

WindowsError: [Error 267] : 'C:\\Project\\layers\\abc.cpg/*.*'

Thank you very much for any help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 980

Answers (2)

Reishin
Reishin

Reputation: 1954

About edited question and error: 

WindowsError: [Error 267] : 'C:\\Project\\layers\\abc.cpg/*.*'

Please carefully read docs

import shutil

dir_src = r"C:\Project\layers"
dir_dst = r"C:\Project\new" 
shutil.copytree(dir_src, dir_dst)

you not need any for.

Note: Please keep in mind, that destination path shouldn't be existed.

Upvotes: 0

Adalee
Adalee

Reputation: 538

The error you are getting (Permission denied) should tell you what is the problem - you don't have rights to read or copy the files. Running the program as administrator should fix it.

Upvotes: 1

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