CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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scigor
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Reputation: 1617

calling cmd from python windows error 2

I am tring to call the cmd command "move" from python. 

  cmd1 = ["move", spath , npath]
  startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
  startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
  p = subprocess.Popen(cmd1, startupinfo=startupinfo)

While the comammand works in the cmd. I can move files. With this python code i get:

WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Spath and npath, are absolute paths to folders, so being in another directory should not matter.

[edit] Responding to Tim's answear: The how do i move a folder?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1311

Answers (2)

Tim Pietzcker
Tim Pietzcker

Reputation: 336108

move is built-in into the cmd shell, so it's not a file command that you can call this way.

You could use shutil.move(), but this "forgets" all alternate data stream, ACLs etc.

Upvotes: 3

khachik
khachik

Reputation: 28703

try to use cmd1 = ["cmd", "/c", "move", spath, npath]

Upvotes: 2

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