Change Name of file after copy to new directory

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I have got a python script to update external excel link, then copy to a new directory but I want to prefix it with the date as its going to occur a few times a month. At the moment, the script only copies the file into the same directory and changes the name.

import os
import shutil
import fnmatch
from datetime import datetime

prefix = datetime.today().strftime('%y%m%d')
dir_src = ("D:\Users\cdoyle\Desktop\TGround\")
dir_dst = ("D:\Users\cdoyle\Desktop\TGround\GUID\")
filename = ("All Facilities - GUID Duplicates Tracking.xlsx")
outputname = os.path.join(prefix + "-" + filename)
srcfile = ("D:\Users\cdoyle\Desktop\TGround\All Facilities - GUID Duplicates Tracking.xlsx")
desfile = ("D:\Users\cdoyle\Desktop\TGround\GUID\All Facilities - GUID Duplicates Tracking.xlsx")

if os.path.exists(srcfile):
    shutil.copy( dir_src + filename, dir_dst)
    print(filename)

if os.path.exists(desfile):
    os.rename("D:\Users\cdoyle\Desktop\TGround\GUID\All Facilities - GUID Duplicates Tracking.xlsx", outputname)
    print (outputname)

Asked By: cd-6

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Answer 1

I think you could simply replace your last if with:

if os.path.exists(desfile):
    os.rename(dir_dist + filename, dir_dist + prefix+ '_' + filename)
    print (outputname)

If possible, avoid spaces in file and folder names. It could lead to some problems later.

Answered By: bracco23

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