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pythonpython-3.xfiledirectoryshutil
dv1sual
dv1sual

Reputation: 33

Creating Folder/Subfolder/File as specified in a text file, in a specific directory

I'm trying to create a sequence of folders which contains sub-folders which contains files with python.

The name of these folders come from a text file which has a list with the paths inside, like this:

songs\101_TNTOGCD\101_2020_CONTENT_LOOP_TNTOGCD.mov
songs\101_TNTOGCD\101_TNTOGCD_CONTENT_TC_A+B_CBLDESIGN2.mov

The number of the sub-folders it's not always the same, sometimes it can be two sub-folders and file, sometimes just one folder and file.

All of this must be created in a specified folder of my choice.

This is what I did so far:

import os
import shutil
import os.path

with open("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\textfile.txt", "r") as g:
    lines = g.readlines()

base_path = "C:\\Users\\Desktop\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3"
mov_origin = "C:\\Users\\Desktop\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\folder4\\file_000.mov"
for line in lines:
    target = base_path
    path = line.split("\\")
    for i in range(len(path) - 1):
        target += path[i]
        if not os.path.exists(target):
            os.makedirs(target)
        else:
            pass
        target += "\\"
    target += path[-1].replace("\n", "")
    print(target)
    shutil.copyfile(mov_origin, target)

But basically, when I run it, nothing happens. I didn't get any error, but nothing is created. What I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

UPDATE: The code was not working because of my mistake in the Run/Debug configuration in PyCharm. The wrong Script Path was selected.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 281

Answers (2)

dv1sual
dv1sual

Reputation: 33

The code was working. The issue happened because of my mistake in the Run/Debug configuration in PyCharm. The wrong Script Path was selected.

Upvotes: 1

Windy71
Windy71

Reputation: 909

I think you need to give it something to open. The line

with open("C:\\Users\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx.txt", "r") as g:

cannot do anything unless you have folders actually called XXXX... etc. What does it do when you have a proper file path in there?

When I tried this it printed the lines that are within that text file. I would liberally use print statements until you see where the issue is.

import os
import shutil
import os.path
#lines = []
with open("/Users/.../Desktop/OPW_DATA/comments.txt", "r") as g:
    lines = g.readlines()

base_path = "/Users/.../Desktop/"
#mov_origin = "C:\\Users\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx\\file_000.mov"
for line in lines:
    print('line:', line)
    target = base_path
    print('target:',target)
    path = line.split("\\")
    for i in range(len(path) - 1):
        target += path[i]
        if not os.path.exists(target):
            os.makedirs(target)
        else:
            pass
        target += "\\"
    target += path[-1].replace("\n", "")
    print(target)
    #shutil.copyfile(mov_origin, target)

Upvotes: 0

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