Python WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the file specified when trying to rename

Question

I can\'t figure out what\'s wrong. I\'ve used rename before without any problems, and can\'t find a solution in other similar questions.

import os
import ran         


        

Answer 1

If you want to save back to the same directory you will need to add a path to your 'string' variable. Currently it is just creating a filename and os.rename requires a path.

for item in listDir:
    path = os.path.join(directory, item)

    for x in random.sample(alphabet, random.randint(5,15)):
        string += x

    string += path[-4:] #adds file extension
    string = os.path.join(directory,string)

    os.rename(path, string)
    string= ""