[Tutor] How to copy file from a source, I do not know the source file name, Only path to the src directory I know

[Joseph John]

Thanks
 I was able to solve it
by
"
dirList=os.listdir(src)
for fname in dirList:
	print fname
	ffname = '/home/joseph/Projects/Training/Python/example/One/'+fname
	print ffname
	#shutil.copy(ffname,dst2)
	shutil.move(ffname,dst3)
"


On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Evert Rol <evert.rol at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All
>>   I am trying our "Python" .
>>   My aim is to copy a file to a location and later removing the
>> file.I had written a small script which works.It works only if I
>> specify the source file name. I would like to make it work in a
>> scenario in which I do not know the name of the source file(the source
>> directory will have only one file at any time)
>
> Have a look at the os module, specifically os.listdir()
> The glob module could also be handy.
>
> Cheers,
>
>  Evert
>
>>
>> I am posting the script which I have done,How to modify the script to
>> copy the source file even if I do not know the name of the file
>> my script is below
>>
>> ###############################################
>> #!/usr/bin/python
>>
>> # This script aims to copy file from one directoy to anothe and later
>> removing the files
>> # This script works when I know the source file name, I want to this
>> script to function even if I do not know the name of
>> # the file in "/home/joseph/Projects/Training/Python/example/One/"
>>
>> import shutil
>> # "FromOne" is a file in /home/joseph/Projects/Training/Python/example/One/
>> src = "/home/joseph/Projects/Training/Python/example/One/FromOne"
>> #
>> dst2 = "/home/joseph/Projects/Training/Python/example/Two/"
>> dst3 = "/home/joseph/Projects/Training/Python/example/Three/"
>> #
>>
>> #
>> #shutil.move(src, dst)
>> shutil.copy(src,dst2)
>> shutil.move(src,dst3)
>>
>> ######################################
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Joseph John
>> http://www.oss101.com/
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Thanks
Joseph John
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