Python module implementing common pathname manipulations
Questions tagged [os.path]
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What does the os.path.join in python 2.7 do?
I have the following line of code which I think is not correct:
path_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
where os.path.dirname(__file__) looks for a script.
I understand that os.path.abspath() gives you the absolute path…
Jay
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os.path.isdir() gives always true
Hi I write a simple python code it will check folder/dir is exist or not in the /usr/share/* file but it's fail to check
import os
try:
os.path.isdir('/usr/share/sqlmap')
print 'sqlmap found'
except OSError:
print "Sqlmap not…
Anirban Singha
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Not getting full path when using os.path.abspath in conjunction with os.listdir
I am trying to use the following line of code to get all the pathnames of files in a given directory:
trainDB = [os.path.abspath(x) for x in os.listdir("C:/Users/sean/Documents/uni/ANLP/Data/Train/DrugBank")]
But the ouput is like…
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How to create and name a new folder from tkinter Entry widget input?
I want the input, someone has put into the Entry widget (E1) of my Tkinter GUI, to be the name of the new folder, because every time someone inputs something, I need to have a new folder named after the input:
def create():
folder = E1.get()
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hccavs19
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copy content of directory from a list of directories
I want to automate copying directory contents to another folder. I found this post (Copy directory contents into a directory with python) and would like to make it so that I can run a for loop. This is my code so far, however I am getting an error…
Spencer Trinh
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Replacing file names in directory from text file
I would like to use Python to rename the files in a directory called myShow from a .txt file that contains the "target" names:
realNameForEpisode1
realNameForEpisode2
realNameForEpisode3
The hierarchy looks like:
episodetitles.txt
myShow
├──…
Vivek Jha
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os.path.basename to outfile
For every input file processed (see code below) I am trying to use "os.path.basename" to write to a new output file - I know I am missing something obvious...?
import os
import glob
import gzip
dbpath = '/home/university/Desktop/test'
for infile…
jnorth
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Python find out if a folder exists
I am trying to find out if a folder exists but for some reason cannot.
I am generating a string, and use os.path.isdir to find out if a folder with that string`s name already exists. The thing is - I get 'False' regardless.
import os
my_Folder_Name…
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os.walk(directory) - AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'endswith'
I am trying to make a script in python to search for certain type of files (eg: .txt, .jpg, etc.). I started searching around for quite a while (including posts here in SO) and I found the following snippet of code:
for root, dirs, files in…
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What directory does os.path.join start at?
I made a script in the past to mass rename any file greater than x characters in a directory. When I made that script I had a source directory which you would need to input manually. Any file that was over x characters in that directory would be…
user5081090
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Python - WindowsError: [Error 2] the system could not find the file specified: ... afterusign os.path.getsize
import os
import sys
rootdir = sys.argv[1]
print os.path.abspath(rootdir)
with open('output.txt','r') as fout:
for root, subFolders, files in os.walk(rootdir):
for file in files:
path = os.path.abspath(file)
print path
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MarianM
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os.path doesn't seem to work on Windows 8
One of the people using a Jython script I wrote had the error:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'path'
After investigation, it turns out that the error occurs when the code runs os.path.
Actually, I found out that os.path is not…
Taurus Olson
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Move files to folder made by user input with the same name
I have a directory containing the following:
name.xlsx
I use the following code to have a user input names for the folder(s) they would like to create in that directory.
dirPath = ‘dir_path’
naFold = input(“Enter name: ”)
lst = naFold.split(“,…
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Why slash in dictionary have a wrong amount?
import os
print(os.path.abspath("test1/test"))
print({1: os.path.abspath("test1/test")})
D:\ZTK\autotest\Learn\test1\test
{1: 'D:\ZTK\autotest\Learn\test1\test'}
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os.path.join to create filename in python with datetime not working in mac
I am trying to generate a filename in python on mac to record data everyday so that the filename has date in filename. Please refer the command below.
oi_filename=…
Arun Kumar Panda
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