| I am sorry I am providing the code i used as it is. Being newbee to | programming I have tinkerd with various options i found on the net.
Thanks. That makes it a lot easier [... snip ...] | source = outlook_path | #source = outlook_path +'\\*' | print source [...] | win32file.CopyFile (source, target, 1) | --------- | output | ---------- | C:\Documents and Settings\060577\Local Settings\Application | Data\Microsoft\Outlook\* | Successfully created directory D:\temp\outlook1_2006-11-22_17.41.54 | | Traceback (most recent call last): | File "C:\Documents and | Settings\060577\kk\source_code\py\Mypy\pywin32test.py", line 34, in | <module> | win32file.CopyFile (source, target, 1) | error: (123, 'CopyFile', 'The filename, directory name, or | volume label | syntax is incorrect.') Fairly certain that the win32file.CopyFile API call doesn't handle wildcards. You have to do that yourself. (I could be wrong). Quick check: <dump> Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os, sys >>> import win32file >>> >>> os.chdir ("c:/temp") >>> os.mkdir ("backup") >>> win32file.CopyFile ("*.txt", "backup", 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? pywintypes.error: (123, 'CopyFile', 'The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.') >>> >>> win32file.CopyFile ("temp.txt", "backup", 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? pywintypes.error: (2, 'CopyFile', 'The system cannot find the file specified.') >>> >>> win32file.CopyFile ("exists.txt", "backup", 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? pywintypes.error: (5, 'CopyFile', 'Access is denied.') >>> win32file.CopyFile ("exists.txt", "backup/exists.txt", 1) >>> </dump> Sure enough: 1) Wildcards give the error you had 2) Non-existent file gives a suitable messag 3) Existing filename to folder name only gives Access denied 4) Existing filename to folder name + filename copies ok. Now, that only took about a minute to run through on the interpreter and check, so hopefully that'll help you out next time: create a small test case (without all the long path names). Find out what CopyFile can or can't do and act accordingly. If you haven't already, look at the glob module: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-glob.html TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list