Searching files in directories

[pkilambi@gmail.com]

can anyone help me with this...

I want to search for a list for files in a given directory and if it
exists copy them to destination directory

so what i am looking for is :

file = 'file1.txt'
source_director y = '/tmp/source/'
destination_dir ectory = '/tmp/destination/'

so If the file exists in source_director y cp that file to the
destination_dir ectory..

hope I am clear

[Larry Bates]

Re: Searching files in directories

Not tested but should be close:

import os
import shutil

files = ['file1.txt']
source_director y = '/tmp/source/'
destination_dir ectory = '/tmp/destination/'

for file in files:
src=os.path.joi n(source_direct ory, file
dst=os.path.joi n(destination_d irectory, file
if os.path.exists( os.path.join(so urce_directory, file):
shutil.copy(src , dst)

-Larry Bates

pkilambi@gmail. com wrote:[color=blue]
> can anyone help me with this...
>
> I want to search for a list for files in a given directory and if it
> exists copy them to destination directory
>
> so what i am looking for is :
>
> file = 'file1.txt'
> source_director y = '/tmp/source/'
> destination_dir ectory = '/tmp/destination/'
>
> so If the file exists in source_director y cp that file to the
> destination_dir ectory..
>
> hope I am clear
>[/color]

[George Sakkis]

Re: Searching files in directories

"Larry Bates" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Not tested but should be close:
>
> import os
> import shutil
>
> files = ['file1.txt']
> source_director y = '/tmp/source/'
> destination_dir ectory = '/tmp/destination/'
>
> for file in files:
> src=os.path.joi n(source_direct ory, file
> dst=os.path.joi n(destination_d irectory, file
> if os.path.exists( os.path.join(so urce_directory, file):
> shutil.copy(src , dst)[/color]


Or more succinctly using the path module:

from path import path

files = ['file1.txt']
src_dir = path('/tmp/source/')
dest_dir = path('/tmp/destination/')

for filename in files:
srcfile = src_dir / filename
if srcfile.exists( ):
srcfile.copy(de st_dir)


George