copytree

Is there a way I can filter a directory by using the absolute path to it? shutil.copytree(directory, target_dir, ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns("/Full/Path/To/aDir/Common")) This doesn't seem to work when trying to filter the "Common" Directory located under " aDir ". If I do this: shutil.copytree(directory, target_dir, ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns("Common")) It works, but every directory called Common will be filtered in that "tree", which is not what I want. Any suggestions ? Thanks. phihag You can make your own ignore function: shutil.copytree('/Full/Path', 'target', ignore=lambda

I'm trying to figure out how to copy CAD drawings (".dwg", ".dxf) from a source directory with subfolders to a destination directory and maintaining the original directory and subfolders structure. Original Directory: H:\Tanzania...\Bagamoyo_Single_line.dwg Source Directory: H:\CAD\Tanzania...\Bagamoyo_Single_line.dwg I found the following answer from @martineau within the following post: Python Factory Function from fnmatch import fnmatch, filter from os.path import isdir, join from shutil import copytree def include_patterns(*patterns): """Factory function that can be used with copytree()

This question already has an answer here: How do I copy an entire directory of files into an existing directory using Python? 13 answers I have a directory /a/b/c that has files and subdirectories. I need to copy the /a/b/c/* in the /x/y/z directory. What python methods can I use? I tried shutil.copytree("a/b/c", "/x/y/z") , but python tries to create /x/y/z and raises an error "Directory exists" . prosseek I found this code working. from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree # copy subdirectory example fromDirectory = "/a/b/c" toDirectory = "/x/y/z" copy_tree(fromDirectory, toDirectory)

Run the following code from a directory that contains a directory named bar (containing one or more files) and a directory named baz (also containing one or more files). Make sure there is not a directory named foo . import shutil shutil.copytree('bar', 'foo') shutil.copytree('baz', 'foo') It will fail with: $ python copytree_test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "copytree_test.py", line 5, in <module> shutil.copytree('baz', 'foo') File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/shutil.py", line 110, in copytree File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python