how to elevate python file

Question

Today I was working on a python script that will copy a folder in one directory and paste it in another directory.Everything was going fine but when I ran my code,It gives me an eror masseges like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\sudam\OneDrive\Desktop\programming\python\projects\file_syncer\syncer.py", line 9, in <module>
    shutil.copy(pearent_directry , moving_directry)
  File "C:\Users\sudam\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\shutil.py", line 417, in copy
    copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
  File "C:\Users\sudam\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\shutil.py", line 254, in copyfile
    with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:/Users/sudam/OneDrive/Documents/Rainmeter'

and here is my code:

print('file syncer version 1.0')
import shutil
from elevate import elevate
elevate()
pearent_directry = 'C:/Users/sudam/OneDrive/Documents/Rainmeter'
moving_directry = 'D:/sync'
shutil.copy(pearent_directry , moving_directry)
print('process has finished with error code:0')

any yes,I did use elevate to try to get admin rights but,It doesn't work either. Can somebody please help me out in solving this issue?

Check if your Documents folder is under CFA & if so disable it for that folder: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/allow-an-app-to-access-controlled-folders-b5b6627a-b008-2ca2-7931-7e51e912b034 — rdas, May 29 '22 at 15:58
The problem is **nothing to do with** admin rights. `shutil.copy` copies *files* and does *not* copy directories. `shutil.copytree` is needed to copy folder contents recursively. Please see the [documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree). Voting to close as a typo. On Linux "everything is a file", but on Windows an existing folder cannot be replaced with a file of the same name (unless you explicitly delete the folder first). — Karl Knechtel, May 29 '22 at 16:09

NOSIS · Answer 1 · 2022-05-29T20:18:00.440

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Bro, it's easier to change the code to fix your problem.

from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree

    
a = "The path to the file"
b = "The path to the file"
copy_tree(a, b)
print("Process finished")

Also read the PEP8 documentation.

edited May 29 '22 at 20:18

answered May 29 '22 at 16:40

NOSIS

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