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Reputation: 350

Python Shutil module copytree

I'm trying to use the shutil module in python. I want to copy a folder('movee') from my cwd to the 'D' drive. Here's the code:

import shutil

shutil.copytree('movee', 'D:\\')

But when i run it i get the following error:

PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'D:\\'

I tried running cmd as an administrator but the problem persisted. Can someone help me fix this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 213

Answers (1)

Florian Weimer
Florian Weimer

Reputation: 33704

The destination directory must not exist and is named in the destination argument for copytree. (Other copy tools behave differently and use the basename of the source as the destination if the destination is a directory.) This should work:

shutil.copytree('movee', 'D:\\movee')

The error is probably a consequence of an attempt to create the directory D:\.

Upvotes: 2

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