os.rename Not Working On AWS Workspace, FileNotFoundError

Question

This is strange and I'm not sure if it's due to me environment or not (appears so).

On may computer I try to run the following and it works fine

import os
os.rename('C:\\Users\\travissimpson\\Downloads\\filename-test.zip','C:\\Users\\travissimpson\\Downloads\\filename-test2.zip')

On my AWS Workspace (AWS VM) I run the following and I get a file not found error.

import os
os.rename('D:\\Users\\travissimpson\\Downloads\\filename-test.zip','D:\\Users\\travissimpson\\Downloads\\filename-test2.zip')

Result:

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 
'D:\\Users\\travissimpson\\Downloads\\filename-test.zip' -> 
'D:\\Users\\travissimpson\\Downloads\\filename-test2.zip'

The OS of the AWS Workspace is Windows Server 2016 Datacenter. The OS of my computer where it works is Windows Server 2012 R2

Answer 1

You can use Python script with os.listdir() to list files in D:\\\\ , later in D:\\\\Users , etc. to check what you have in folders.

You can also display names with some char before and after - ie. "|" in print(f"|{name}|") - to see if there is no spaces in name (at the beginning and at the end) which you may not see normally.

import os

for item in os.listdir('D:\\'):
    print(f"|{item}|")
    #print("|{}|".format(item))  # older pythons

for item in os.listdir('D:\\Users'):
    print(f"|{item}|")
    #print("|{}|".format(item))  # older pythons

# etc.

This way you can see what names see Python.

Answer 2

There is no magic. If you get "File not found" then the file is not there, point.

To confirm, on your remote Windows box try:

dir D:\Users\travissimpson\Downloads\filename-test.zip

–– I am sure this will tell you something like "File not found".

Disclaimer: I didn't use Windows since the XXth century :)