Gabriel Genellina wrote: > En Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:10:20 -0300, Ahmed, Shakir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > >> Is there any way to copy a file from src to dst if the dst is >> exclusively open by other users. >> >> I am using >> >> src = 'c:\mydata\data\*.mdb' >> dst = 'v:\data\all\*.mdb' >> >> shutil.copyfile(src,dst) >> >> but getting error message permission denied. > > 1) try with a local copy too, and you'll notice an error too - it's > unrelated to other users holding the file open. > 2) use either r'c:\mydata\data' or 'c:\\mydata\\data\' > 3) shutil.copyfile copies ONE FILE at a time. > 4) use glob.glob to find the desired set of files to be copied; and > perhaps you'll find copy2 more convenient. > > the error is probably due to the unescaped backslash in teh destination string - "\a"
>>> dst = 'v:\data\all\*.mdb' >>> dst 'v:\\data\x07ll\\*.mdb' >>> use dst = r'v:\data\all\*.mdb' to avoid that problem, and learn how to use raw string literals. I am also not sure that you can use wildcards n the destination like you can on the Windows command-line copy command, so you may just need to give the path to the destination directory. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet Many services currently offer free registration ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
