merge child directory into parent directory structure python

Question

I have this directory structure...

└── 01048
    └── 2014
        └── IN

I want to merge this directory structure...

└── 01048
    └── 2014
        └── AR
        └── AB

To make this directory structure...

└── 01048
    └── 2014
        └── IN
        └── AR
        └── AB

I've tried shutil.move("../scr_path/01048", "../destination_path/01048") but that results in...

└── 01048
    └── 01048
        └── 2014
            └── AR
            └── AB
    └── 2014
        └── IN

Please post the code you wrote that uses `shutil.copy()` so we can take a look at it. — tsroten, Jul 17 '15 at 15:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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You used the wrong destination path:

shutil.move("../scr_path/01048", "../destination_path")

If the destination directory already exists, you will have an error. In order to merge two directory trees you can check the answer here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Jul 17 '15 at 15:45

enrico.bacis

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '15 at 16:20

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You should try-out shutil.move , along with os.listdir() to move your directories.

Example -

import os, os.path
import shutil
for src in os.listdir('../scr_path/01048'):
    s = os.path.join('../scr_path/01048',src)
    d = os.path.join('../destination_path/01048',src)
    for src1 in os.listdir(s):
        shutil.move(os.path.join(s,src1),d)

answered Jul 17 '15 at 16:20

Anand S Kumar

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this is getting me close, but for some reason i end up loosing the 2014 directory? – Sam Luther Jul 17 '15 at 17:26
What does it look like now? – Anand S Kumar Jul 17 '15 at 17:30
`01048 └── AR └── AB └── IN` – Sam Luther Jul 17 '15 at 17:35
Did you start with the correct directories, like in your question? – Anand S Kumar Jul 17 '15 at 17:43
my bad, something was off in my path – Sam Luther Jul 17 '15 at 18:22

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