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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".
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For copying multiple files at once, you'll have to have a list of all files you want to copy and loop over them to copy them. Calling shutil. copy(source, destination) will copy the file at the path source to the folder at the path destination. (Both source and destination are strings.)
To copy multiple files with the “cp” command, navigate the terminal to the directory where files are saved and then run the “cp” command with the file names you want to copy and the destination path.
I found this code working which is part of the standard library:
from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree # copy subdirectory example from_directory = "/a/b/c" to_directory = "/x/y/z" copy_tree(from_directory, to_directory) Reference:
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You can also use glob2 to recursively collect all paths (using ** subfolders wildcard) and then use shutil.copyfile, saving the paths
glob2 link: https://code.activestate.com/pypm/glob2/
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