IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Question

im having problems trying to run an iteration over many files in a folder, the files exist, if I print file from files I can see their names... Im quite new to programming, could you please give me a hand? kind regards!

import os
for path, dirs, files in os.walk('FDF\FDF'):
    for file in files:
        print file
        fdf = open(file, "r")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'FDF_20110612_140613_...........txt'

http://stackoverflow.com/a/9765314/1350424 or http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html#methods-of-file-objects — eclipsis, Aug 05 '13 at 21:15
you should add tags with the technologies you use (python in this case) so your question will appear at the relevant places. i added it for you. — mnagel, Aug 05 '13 at 21:28
i am not experienced with python, but that backslash seems odd to me `'FDF\FDF'`. paths usually use `/`. — mnagel, Aug 05 '13 at 21:31
And of [Having Problems with Arguments](http://stackoverflow.com/q/11825923) and [Trying to identify the newest and second newest file in a directory](http://stackoverflow.com/q/12715309) — Martijn Pieters, Aug 05 '13 at 21:42

Jonathan Leffler · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-05T21:48:00.890

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You need to prefix each file name with path before you open the file.

See the documentation for os.walk.

import os
for path, dirs, files in os.walk('FDF\FDF'):
    for file in files:
        print file
        filepath = os.path.join(path, file)
        print filepath
        fdf = open(filepath, "r")

edited Aug 05 '13 at 21:48

answered Aug 05 '13 at 21:39

Jonathan Leffler

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '13 at 21:40

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Try this:

import os

for path, dirs, files in os.walk('FDF\FDF'):
    for file in files:
        print file
        with open(os.path.join(path, file)) as fdf:
            # code goes here.

answered Aug 05 '13 at 21:40

Mike DeSimone

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IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

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