I got it. Switched to shutil and made to paths complete paths. The added benefit is that it didn't trash the original file.
shutil.copy2(_files_to_mod + "\\" + fname, _files_to_mod + "\\" + new_name) Thanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roy Hinkelman <royh...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:27 PM Subject: Re: File renaming using os.rename problem (spir) To: tutor@python.org Why don't you simply print out fname? This should point you to the error. Denis I did here: > if fname == old_name: > print fname # test and it looks correct. On an WinXP, should I use shutil instead? Roy
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