simple problem with os.rename() parameters - path with spaces

[Tom]

Yes, I am sure about those things.
I've tried shutil.move and got the same result.
Forward slash?  I'll give that a try and report back here if it works.

Thanks,
Tom.

Larry Bates wrote:
> Are you sure the source directory exists and you
> have rights to rename it?  Because the rename works
> for me.
> 
> But you may want to look at shutil.move and/or
> use forward slashes (they work under Windows)
> 
> -Larry Bates
> 
> 
> Tom wrote:
> 
>>I'm having a problem using a path with spaces as a parameter to
>>os.rename() in a program on WinXP.
>>
>>This works fine at the command line (where the folder "c:\aa bb" exists)
>>
>>
>>>os.rename( "c\aa bb", "c:\cc dd" );
>>>
>>
>>But, I can't get it to work in my program, eg.
>>
>>print SrcDir
>>print NewDir
>>os.rename( SrcDir, NewDir );
>>
>>when I run this I get something like this:
>>
>>"e:\\music\\Joni Mitchell\\ogg-8"
>>"e:\\music.ogg\\Joni Mitchell\\ogg-8"
>>
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "E:\Music\MoveMusic.py", line 64, in ?
>>    main();
>>...
>>  File "E:\Music\MoveMusic.py", line 49, in Visit
>>    os.mkdir( NewDir );
>>OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: '"e:\\music.ogg\\Joni
>>Mitchell\\ogg-8"'
>>
>>I've tried different combinations of single backslash vs. double
>>backslash, and quoted vs. non-quoted, but it always fails.
>>
>>The problem is not specific to os.rename.  If I instead use mkdir(
>>SrcDir ) I get the same problem.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Tom.
>>