Find the most recent folder from directory and rename it

Asked Aug 25 '20 at 17:45

Active Aug 25 '20 at 18:17

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I am trying to rename the most recent folder in a directory but getting the following error:

PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Program Files\\Ampps\\www\\DAT_Simulation\\Practice' -> 'C:\\Program Files\\Ampps\\www\\DAT_Simulation\\Practice\\lolol'

My code is the following:

import os
dirs = [d for d in os.listdir(".") if os.path.isdir(d)]
a = sorted(dirs, key=lambda x: os.path.getctime(x), reverse=True)[:1]
current_name = ''.join(a)

path = r"C:\Program Files\Ampps\www\DAT_Simulation\Practice"
b = os.path.join(path, current_name)

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
    for directory in dirs:
        # Apply input argument here
       new_name = 'lolol'
       new_path = path + "\\"+new_name
       os.rename(path, new_path)

Got my help from the following links: Renaming a directory in Python How to get the newest directory in Python

EDIT: As stated in the comments the loop was not necessary. And I should't be using path at the end.

new_name = 'lolol'
new_path = path + "\\"+new_name
os.rename(b, new_path)

edited Aug 25 '20 at 18:17

asked Aug 25 '20 at 17:45

ian305

Why aren't you using `path` to find `current_name`? – Scott Hunter Aug 25 '20 at 17:50
Sorry, i am new to python. Do you mind explaining a bit more your question? – ian305 Aug 25 '20 at 17:58
If you don't need `path` to compute `current_name`, why do you need it to compute `b` which you never use? – Scott Hunter Aug 25 '20 at 18:06
My guess: you want to call `os.listdir` with `path`, instead of `"."`, then `os.rename(b, new_path)`. The loop at the end seems unnecessary. – Wups Aug 25 '20 at 18:12
Thank you, I was able to fix it – ian305 Aug 25 '20 at 18:20

Find the most recent folder from directory and rename it

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