Shutil and os help to copy files

Question

import shutil
import os
import time

os.chdir('c:\\User\\user\\')

time.sleep(10)
shutil.copytree('Pictures', 'E:\\')

So I have wasted all day just so I can steal files from my friend but no matter what I do nothing f*** works... Sorry for being angry but for crying out loud... I am a beginner so I haven't experienced the hell programmers go trough. Ty for helping!

Answer 1

To get your problem solved, it is a good idea to report the error message that you get , which was PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'E:\\'.

The docs for shutil.copytree() say

Recursively copy an entire directory tree rooted at src to a directory named dst and return the destination directory. dirs_exist_ok dictates whether to raise an exception in case dst or any missing parent directory already exists

This makes it clear that you have to name a fresh target folder and that this should normally not exist.

Using os.chdir() overcomplicates things. All you have to do is specify the full path of the source folder and the full path of the new target folder in your call to copytree() , so that you end up with a 2-line program, like this:

import shutil
shutil.copytree(r"C:\Users\user\Pictures",r"E:\mynewdir")