why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

[obeeker@gmail.com]

"""there is threee directories,one of these is used for the base
directory,decid ed by the user, default is d0"""

import shutil


#the three directories
d0='D:/Program Files/eb/mb/S'
d1='O:/eb/mb/S'
d2='P:/S/eb/mb/S'

#to backup
def update(base):
l=[d0,d1,d2]
l.remove(base)

for i in l:
shutil.rmtree(i )

for i in l:
shutil.copytree (base,i)

#use the base directory to invoke the update() func
def updateNow(base) :
try:
if base=='d1':
update(d1)
elif base=='d2':
update(d2)
else:
update(d0)

except:
print "sth is wrong"
else:
print "OK!"

#promt user which is the base
if __name__ == '__main__':
print 'd0=',d0
print 'd1=',d1
print 'd2=',d2
base=raw_input( "your base/standard directory is d0 d1 or d2 ?\n")
print base
updateNow(base)

raw_input('pres s Return>')

[Steven D'Aprano]

Re: why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:37:11 -0800, obeeker wrote:
[color=blue]
> """there is threee directories,one of these is used for the base
> directory,decid ed by the user, default is d0"""[/color]

[snip code]

It doesn't work? Have you tried running it to see what it does? When you
do, please post a description of what it does, including any exception
tracebacks, and just as importantly, what you expect it to do.


--
Steven.

[obeeker@gmail.com]

Re: why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

thank you for your suggestion and apologize for my mistake.
if i run it and answer the raw_input with "Enter" i get

sth is wrong
press Return>


i comment the try-except and run it and answer the raw_input with
"Enter"
and get message following:


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 41, in -toplevel-
updateNow(base)
File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 28, in updateNow
update(d0)
File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 16, in update
shutil.rmtree(i )
File "D:\Program Files\Python24\ lib\shutil.py", line 155, in rmtree
onerror(os.list dir, path, sys.exc_info())
File "D:\Program Files\Python24\ lib\shutil.py", line 153, in rmtree
names = os.listdir(path )
WindowsError: [Errno 3] : 'O:/eb/mb/SCIL/*.*'

[obeeker@gmail.com]

Re: why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

please don't read the prevous post ,please read this one:


thank you for your suggestion and apologize for my mistake.
if i run it and answer the raw_input with "Enter" i get

sth is wrong
press Return>


i comment the try-except and run it and answer the raw_input with
"Enter"
and get message following:


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 41, in -toplevel-
updateNow(base)
File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 28, in updateNow
update(d0)
File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 16, in update
shutil.rmtree(i )
File "D:\Program Files\Python24\ lib\shutil.py", line 155, in rmtree
onerror(os.list dir, path, sys.exc_info())
File "D:\Program Files\Python24\ lib\shutil.py", line 153, in rmtree
names = os.listdir(path )
WindowsError: [Errno 3] : 'O:/eb/mb/S/*.*'

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

obeeker@gmail.c om wrote:
[color=blue]
> please don't read the prevous post ,please read this one:
>
> thank you for your suggestion and apologize for my mistake.
> if i run it and answer the raw_input with "Enter" i get
>
> sth is wrong
> press Return>
>
> i comment the try-except and run it and answer the raw_input with
> "Enter"
> and get message following:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 41, in -toplevel-
> updateNow(base)
> File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 28, in updateNow
> update(d0)
> File "G:\9\Eb\update EbBb.py", line 16, in update
> shutil.rmtree(i )
> File "D:\Program Files\Python24\ lib\shutil.py", line 155, in rmtree
> onerror(os.list dir, path, sys.exc_info())
> File "D:\Program Files\Python24\ lib\shutil.py", line 153, in rmtree
> names = os.listdir(path )
> WindowsError: [Errno 3] : 'O:/eb/mb/S/*.*'[/color]

shutil.rmtree() expects a directory name, not a file pattern. if you leave
out the "*.*" part at the end, it should do what you want.

(assuming you want to remove the eb/mb/S directory, that is)

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[obeeker@gmail.com]

Re: why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

i am very sorry .
the erroer was from my Portable Hard Disk
because its disk sign has changed from "o" to "h" ,from "p" to "i"
i'm very sorry

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: why doesn't is work?a script to backup a directory

I wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
> > WindowsError: [Errno 3] : 'O:/eb/mb/S/*.*'[/color]
>
> shutil.rmtree() expects a directory name, not a file pattern. if you leave
> out the "*.*" part at the end, it should do what you want.[/color]

postscript: typically enough, I stumbled upon the same error message myself,
a day later. looks like it's Windows that adds the "*.*" thing to the path, all
by itself.

however, on my machine, I get a bit more information:

WindowsError: [Errno 3] The system cannot find the path specified:
'directory/*.*'

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