On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, John Salerno wrote:
Based on what I've read, it seems os.rename is the proper function to
use, but I'm a little confused about the syntax. Basically I just want
to write a simple script that will back up my saved game files when I
run it. So I want it to copy a set of files/directories from a
location on my C:\ drive to another directory on my E:\ drive. I don't
want to rename or delete the originals, just move them. I also want
them to automatically overwrite whatever already happens to be in the
location on the E:\ drive.
Is os.rename the proper function for this? Mainly I was because the
Module Index says this:
"On Windows, if dst already exists, OSError will be raised even if it
is a file.."
so it sounds like I can't move the files to a location where those
file names already exist.
You keep saying 'move' when you want 'copy.' Even if os.rename would
work across drives (it doesn't, on Windows), it still would be removing
the original. Similarly with move.
As Greg mentioned, you want shutil.copy(), not move nor rename.
DaveA
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