[Tutor] Re: Help with copying files

[Charlie Clark]

On 2002-05-18 at 16:00:04 [+0000], you wrote:
> def walker(arg, dirname, filenames):
>   # Lists directories, files=20
>   for filename in filenames:
>     path =3D dirname + os.sep + filename
>     print  path
>     newdir =3D dirname[2:]
>     os.makedirs('d:\\temp' +newdir)
>     shutil.copy(path, 'd:\\temp\downloads')
>     file =3D open('test1.txt', 'a')
>     file.write(newdir + '\n')
> 
> os.path.walk('c:\\downloads', walker, None)

if this is your error:
    os.makedirs('d:\\temp' +newdir)
  File "C:\Python22\lib\os.py", line 203, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'd:\\temp\\downloads'

I think it is because you are trying to make d:\temp\downloads more than 
once. Try os.mkdir('d:/temp/download' + newdir) instead and I suggest you 
use forward slashes as separators - it's easier to type and more portable.

Charlie