Thanks for the fast reply. I probably didn't express myself correctly.
Everything in the script runs fine. The only problem is that when I access the copied files, I am unable to delete them manually.
Windows tells me that the files are being used in another process =( I closed the computer, looked for hidden files but nothing is working
so far.
Here is the code. (I'm new to Python (less than a week) so it may be quite chaotic, I apologize in advance)
I hope someone already run into the same issue. I'm using Python 3.6 on windows 10 Professional.
import os
import json
import time
import shutil
import os.path
from datetime import datetime
import subprocess
Tfiles=[]
#We load a dictionary that contains the serial number of the file as a key and the filepath to this file as the corresponding string
#The Tree is created in another script that runs every 30mins
with open('Tree.json', 'r') as fp:
Tree = json.load(fp)
PDF_type= [ A HUGE LIST OF THE DIFFERENT PDF DOCUMENTS']
Matching_Directory = [ A HUGE LIST OF MATCHING FILEPATH FOR EACH TYPE OF DOCUMENTS ]
#We input the filepath of the folder where the PDFs are stored
directory_in_str = "C:\\Users\\***\\Desktop\\Reception PDF files"
directory = os.fsencode(directory_in_str)
#We get the list of folders
for file in os.listdir(directory):
filename = os.fsdecode(file)
#We make sure that only pdf are sorted
if filename.endswith(".pdf"):
#We save the filepath and the valuable information
origine = (os.path.join(directory_in_str, filename))
Temporary_WO = filename[:7]
Identification = filename [8:-4]
#_____________________________________________________________
#We make sure the picked up information is in accordance with the approved nomanclature
Char_test=0;
Numb_test=0;
for char in Temporary_WO:
if char.isalpha()==True:
Char_test+=1
elif char.isdigit()==True:
Numb_test+=1
#_____________________________________________________________
#If the folder successfuly undergo the test
if Char_test==2 and Numb_test==5:
WO = Temporary_WO
#We compare the Pdf type with the list 'Pdf_type'. If there is a match, we take the corresponding filepath in 'Matching_Directory'
for i in range(0,len(PDF_type)):
if Identification == PDF_type[i]:
#We verify that the serial number of the file already exists in the Tree dictionary (meaning that a folder for this project already exists on the server)
if WO in dict(Tree):
Start_Filepath = str(Tree[WO])
End_Filepath = str(Matching_Directory[i])
Arrival_Filepath = os.path.abspath(Start_Filepath +'\\'+ End_Filepath)
Test_Filepath = os.path.abspath(Arrival_Filepath +'\\'+ filename)
#We make sure that a file with the same name doesnt exist (dont want to delete an existing file)
for j in range(1,5):
if os.path.isfile(Test_Filepath):
Test_Filepath = os.path.abspath(Arrival_Filepath +'\\'+ WO +'_'+ Identification + str(j) +'.pdf')
os.rename(origine,(directory_in_str + '\\'+ WO +'_'+ Identification + str(j) +'.pdf'))
origine = os.path.abspath(directory_in_str + '\\'+ WO +'_'+ Identification + str(j) +'.pdf')
else:
for k in range(0,21,4): # Ajusted to the network speed
#Copying the pdf
shutil.copy(origine,Arrival_Filepath)
time.sleep(k)
#Making sure the copied file is there (Would be nice to add a second condition to make sure that the pdf can be read)
if os.path.isfile(Test_Filepath):
os.remove(origine)
#Creation of the log
Tfiles.append(origine)
Tfiles.append(Arrival_Filepath)
break
break
#else:
#Error_Copy_Failed=()
FORMAT = '%d/%m/%Y at %H:%M:%S'
save_path = 'C:\\Users\\***\\Desktop\\ALPHA TESTING FOLDER'
name_of_file = 'Transfer Log'
completeName = os.path.join(save_path, name_of_file+'.txt')
file1 = open(completeName,'w')
toFile = ('The program ran for the last time on: %s \n\n' % (datetime.now().strftime(FORMAT)))
toFile1 = ('''Here is the list of the different files and the corresponding filepath where they have been transfered. Have a good day!\n
#________________________________________________________________________________________\n\n''')
file1.write(toFile)
file1.write(toFile1)
for lines in Tfiles:
toFile2 = ('%s \n' % lines)
file1.write(toFile2)
toFile3 = ('''________________________________________________________________________________________
#\nEnd of the list.''')
file1.write(toFile3)
file1.close() Again, thanks for your time!
And if you have any suggestions on ways to improve my coding, I'll be glad to learn a few tricks from the experienced coders out there. =)
After running some tests, the problem seems to be that my program or another program keeps the copied files opened.
The complete Windows error message is: This action cannot be completed because the file is open in another program. Close the file and try again.
I've successfully deleted the files by using brute force (Clicking on my mouse a thousand time until the file is deleted).
I'm looking in the computer's process but everything is closed. I also added a quit() on the last line of the program but it still
doesn't work.
Do you have any clue?
Thanks again for the help.