Update variable for new file path

Question

So I've written a filename to variable

output = '/tmp/file'
output = os.path.abspath(output)

Then I moved the file

shutil.move(output, '/tmp/modified/')

How should I properly update the variable output modified by shutil.move?

Primusa · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-22 03:52:27Z

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shutil.move returns the destination:

output = shutil.move(output, '/tmp/modified/')

Edit on python2 shutil.move doesn't return. so if you have the destination you can just set output equal to it:

shutil.move(output, destination)
output = destination

If you need the absolute path you can use os.path.abspath(destination)

edited Jan 22, 2019 at 3:52

answered Jan 21, 2019 at 23:57

Primusa

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2 Comments

el o Over a year ago

>>> output = os.path.abspath('/tmp/test2') >>> output = shutil.move(output, '/tmp/modified/') >>> print output None File in fact moves, but variable becomes None

Primusa Over a year ago

in python3 shutil moves. I guess in python 2 this isn't the case. See edit

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