Newbie Question - Copy a file 1

[golcarlad]

Hi,

This is going to be a dumb question - but Ive just started Python today (from a C# background), using PythonWin too. I know how to programme fine in C#, so this environment is all a bit wierd to me.

Can someone give me a heads up to get a simple program working.

I just want to copy a file from one place and rename it in another with the todays time and date stamped within the name of the file. Should be pretty easy. I thought I could do it quickly, so I put this code together just to copy a file firstly:

import sys, string, os, shutil

copyfile("C:\Setup\foo.mdb", "C:\Output\foo.mdb")

but I keep getting an error message when I run:

...
NameError: name 'copyfile' is not defined

any help much appreciated - I know its a dumb question but I need to get started as quick as possible. Cheers.

 

[JustinEzequiel]

try
shutil.copyfile(r"C:\Setup\foo.mdb", r"C:\Output\foo.mdb")

note also the r prefix for raw strings

http://docs.python.org/ref/strings.html