Python copy files to a new directory and rename if file name already exists

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I ve already read this thread but when I implement it into my code it only works for a few iterations    I m using python to iterate through a directory  lets call it move directory  to copy mainly pdf files  matching a unique ID  to another directory  base directory  to the matching folder  with the corresponding unique ID   I started using shutil copy but if there are duplicates it overwrites the existing file    I d like to be able to search the corresponding folder to see if the file already exists  and iteratively name it if more than one occurs    e g    copy file 1234 pdf to folder in base directory 1234  if 1234 pdf exists to name it 1234 1 pdf  if another pdf is copied as 1234 pdf then it would be 1234 2 pdf    Here is my code   import arcpy import os import re import sys import traceback import collections import shutil  movdir   r C  Scans  basedir   r C  Links   try       Walk through all files in the directory that contains the files to copy     for root  dirs  files in os walk movdir           for filename in files               find the name location and name of files             path   os path join root  filename              print path              file name and extension             ARN  extension   os path splitext filename              print ARN               Location of the corresponding folder in the new directory             link   os path join basedir ARN                 if the folder already exists in new directory             if os path exists link                     this is the file location in the new directory                 file   os path join basedir  ARN  ARN                  linkfn   os path join basedir  ARN  filename                   if os path exists linkfn                       i   0                      if this file already exists in the folder                     print  Path exists already                      while os path exists file         str i    extension                           i  1                     print  Already 2x exists                         print  Renaming                      shutil copy path  file         str i    extension                  else                       shutil copy path  link                      print ARN           Copied              else                  print ARN          Not Found

User · Answer

I would say you have an indentation problem, at least as you wrote it here:

while not os.path.exists(file + "_" + str(i) + extension):
   i+=1
   print "Already 2x exists..."
   print "Renaming"
   shutil.copy(path, file + "_" + str(i) + extension)

should be:

while os.path.exists(file + "_" + str(i) + extension):
    i+=1
print "Already 2x exists..."
print "Renaming"
shutil.copy(path, file + "_" + str(i) + extension)

Check this out, please!

User · Answer

I always use the time-stamp - so its not possible  that the file exists already   import os import shutil import datetime  now   str datetime datetime now     19  now   now replace           src dir  C   Users  Asus  Desktop  Versand Verwaltung  Versand xlsx  dst dir  C   Users  Asus  Desktop  Versand Verwaltung  Versand   str now    xlsx  shutil copy src dir dst dir

User · Answer

Sometimes it is just easier to start over    I apologize if there is any typo  I haven t had the time to test it thoroughly     movdir   r C  Scans  basedir   r C  Links    Walk through all files in the directory that contains the files to copy for root  dirs  files in os walk movdir       for filename in files            I use absolute path  case you want to move several dirs          old name   os path join  os path abspath root   filename              Separate base from extension         base  extension   os path splitext filename             Initial new name         new name   os path join basedir  base  filename             If folder basedir base does not exist    You don t want to create it          if not os path exists os path join basedir  base                print os path join basedir base    not found               continue      Next filename         elif not os path exists new name      folder exists  file does not             shutil copy old name  new name          else     folder exists  file exists as well             ii   1             while True                  new name   os path join basedir base  base         str ii    extension                  if not os path exists new name                      shutil copy old name  new name                     print  Copied   old name   as   new name                    break                  ii    1

User · Answer

For me shutil copy is the best   import shutil   make a copy of the invoice to work with src  invoice pdf  dst  copied invoice pdf  shutil copy src dst    You can change the path of the files as you want

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