FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:/Users/user/Desktop/before.txt' -> 'C:/Users/user/Desktop/after.txt'

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import os 

os.rename("C:\Users\user\Desktop\before.txt","C:\Users\user\Desktop\after.txt")

I want to Know why that message come. I already search a lot of documents and try change /->\ and attach r before "C:~~" and try \ I don't know why that problem happen.

Does this answer your question? [Windows path in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2953834/windows-path-in-python) — Rasoul Ghasemi, Jun 14 '22 at 10:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '22 at 10:26

Quick googling says that ￦ character is path separator in Korean windows. ￦ is shown in your screenshot so maybe thats the reason ?

I Wonder what should this show in your python:

import os
print(os.sep)

If that shows ￦, then maybe you could something like this:

from pathlib import Path
before_file  = Path("C:") / "Users" / "user" / "Desktop" / "before.txt"
before_file.rename("after.txt")

Or if you insist on using os library, use os.sep as path separator instead of \\ or /

Thank you for writing the answer. Your effort is very helpful me! — 발전하는남자, Jun 15 '22 at 07:34

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:/Users/user/Desktop/before.txt' -> 'C:/Users/user/Desktop/after.txt'

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