Moving folder contents to another -- CopyTree not working

Question

I am trying to move the contents from one folder to another while excluding some types of files. The script used so far,

OD_daily_files = "C:\\Users\\" + checkuser + "\\Gas South\\SRM Team - General\\Risk Management\\Storage\\EBB Downloads\\Daily_Files"
SD_daily_files = "S:\\Supply\\Risk Management\\Daily auto downloads\\Storage\\Daily_Files"
files = os.listdir(OD_daily_files)
 for x in files:
 shutil.copytree(OD_daily_files + "\\" + x, SD_daily_files, 
 ignore=ignore_patterns('File_Examples*', '*.lnk', '*.pptx', '*.accdb', '*.bat'))

I keep getting the following error,

NotADirectoryError: [WinError 267] The directory name is invalid: 'C:\\Users\\GAS02224\\Gas South\\SRM Team - General\\Risk Management\\Storage\\EBB Downloads\\Daily_Files\\Access_Storage_Rev7.bat'

This file is in that directory/folder.

Answer 1

Use r-string.

OD_daily_files = r"C:\\Users\\" + checkuser + r"\\Gas South\\SRM Team - General\\Risk Management\\Storage\\EBB Downloads\\Daily_Files"
SD_daily_files = r"S:\\Supply\\Risk Management\\Daily auto downloads\\Storage\\Daily_Files"
files = os.listdir(OD_daily_files)
 for x in files:
 shutil.copytree(OD_daily_files + "\\" + x, SD_daily_files, 
 ignore=ignore_patterns('File_Examples*', '*.lnk', '*.pptx', '*.accdb', '*.bat'))

• Cordell Jones: I had tried that and it had given the below error, NotADirectoryError: [WinError 267] The directory name is invalid: 'C:\\\\Users\\\\GAS02224\\\\Gas South\\\\SRM Team - General\\\\Risk Management\\\\Storage\\\\EBB Downloads\\\\Daily_Files\\Access_Storage_Rev7.bat'

Answer 2

This was solved with the below code,

if checkuser != "ROBOT":
 OD_daily_files = "C:\\Users\\" + checkuser + "\\Gas South\\SRM Team - General\\Risk Management\\Storage\\EBB Downloads\\Daily_Files"
 SD_daily_files = "S:\\Supply\\Risk Management\\Daily auto downloads\\Storage\\Daily_Files"
 files = os.listdir(OD_daily_files)
 for x in files:
 try:
 shutil.copy(OD_daily_files + "\\" + x, SD_daily_files)
 print(x + " file was copied over to the S Drive.")
 except:
 print("")
 print(x + " file and/or folder was not copied over.")
 print("")
 next