Forwarded to the list, I would also like to understand the forward slash;
os.system("mv %s/%s %s" % (src, fnames, dst))
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 03:50:00PM -0400, David wrote:
> David wrote:
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Subject:
> >[Tutor] simply moving files
> >From:
> >Matt Herzog <m...@blisses.org>
> >Date:
> >Tue, 12 May 2009 13:51:36 -0400
> >To:
> >Python List <tutor@python.org>
> >
> >To:
> >Python List <tutor@python.org>
> >
> >
> >On monday I posted the below code:
> >
> >def schmove(src,dst):
> >... src = '/home/datasvcs/PIG/cjomeda_exp/'
> >... dst = '/home/datasvcs/PIG/cjomeda_exp_archive/'
> >... listOfFiles = os.listdir(src)
> >... for filez in listOfFiles:
> >... os.system("mv"+ " " + src + " " + dst)
> >
> >David Angel replied to my post and I guess I accidentally deleted his
> >response. Today I found his response posted on mail-archive.com and tried
> >some variations. They all failed.
> >
> >David said, "Just use os.rename() if the dest is a directory, it'll move
> >the file there."
> >
> >Example: If I use: "os.rename(src, dst)" where I had "os.system("mv"+ " "
> >+ src + " " + dst)" no files are coppied.
> >
> >os.renames happily renames the source directory, but that's not what I
> >want.
> >
> >Any other suggestions?
> >
> >-- Matt
> >
> >
> >
> I did not try Davids example but Kents works fine here;
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> #Python 2.6.2
> import os
> src = '/home/david/test_src/'
> dst = '/home/david/test/'
> listofFiles = os.listdir(src)
> for fnames in listofFiles:
> os.system("mv %s/%s %s" % (src, fnames, dst))
> results = os.listdir(dst)
> print results
Actually, the above does EXACTLY what I want. I hope I did not seem accusatory
in my previous post. I'm just under some pressure and had become frustrated.
Maybe on the weekend I'll have time to understand the line:
os.system("mv %s/%s %s" % (src, fnames, dst))
Many thanks.
-- Matt
>
> [results]
> david [03:37 PM] opteron ~ $ ./tutor_mv.py
> ['fruit_loops.py', 'numberList.py', 'sumList.py']
> david [03:42 PM] opteron ~ $ ls /home/david/test
> fruit_loops.py numberList.py sumList.py
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