I don't know if this is the problem or, not, but: shutil.move( "C:\omg.txt" , "C:\folder\subdir" )
Needs to have some special handling for the backslashes. Either: shutil.move( r"C:\omg.txt" , r"C:\folder\subdir" ) or: shutil.move( "C:\\omg.txt" , "C:\\folder\\subdir" ) -Don Daniel Bickett wrote: > Hello, > > I'm writing an application in my pastime that moves files around to > achieve various ends -- the specifics aren't particularly important. > The shutil module was chosen as the means simply because that is what > google and chm searches returned most often. > > My problem has to do with shutil.move actually putting the files where > I ask it to. Citing code wouldn't serve any purpose, because I am > using the function in the most straight forward manner, ex: > > shutil.move( "C:\omg.txt" , "C:\folder\subdir" ) > > In my script, rather than a file being moved to the desired location, > it is, rather, moved to the current working directory (in this case, > my desktop -- without any exceptions, mind you). As it happens, the > desired locations are system folders (running windows xp, the folders > are as follows: C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32). > To see if this factor was causing the problem, I tried it using the > interpreter, and found it to be flawless. > > My question boils down to this: What factors could possibly cause > shutil.move to fail to move a file to the desired location, choosing > instead to place it in the cwd (without raising any exceptions)? > > Thank you for your time, > > Daniel Bickett > > P.S. I know I said I didn't need to post code, but I will anyway. You > never know :) > > http://rafb.net/paste/results/FcwlEw86.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
