On Apr 16, 9:36 pm, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DataSmash wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to organize thousands of directories full of files. > > I want to move these directories into other subdirectories. > > For example, all the directories that start with 01, move to > > a directory named "one", all directories that start with 02, move > > to a directory name "two", and so on.... > > > I can't seem to find any easy way to do this. > > Looks like shutil.move only lets you move if the subdirectory DOES > > NOT exist, so after the first directory moves, the script blows up on > > the second move. > > I guess you could use shutil.copy or shutil.copytree but then you have > > to > > delete as well. Much longer process when you have hundreds of > > gigabytes of data. > > > Thanks for your help! > > R.D. > > Use win32.moveFile method instead. This links directly to the Windows > MoveFile method that just moves the directory entries around. > > From Win32 Documentation: > > win32api.MoveFile > MoveFile(srcName, destName) > > Renames a file, or a directory (including its children). > > Parameters > > srcName : string > > The name of the source file. > > destName : string > > The name of the destination file. > > Comments > This method can not move files across volumes. > > -Larry
Instead win32api, use "native" shutil module import shutil shutil.move(src,dest) Recursively move a file or directory to another location. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
