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Copying a file - Kundan - Aug-21-2019
import shutil
shutil.copy(“\\Om-pc\e\Office File\Access Original 14-16\Cash MAR.2017 TO APR.2019.accdb”, "C:\Users\KUNDAN\Desktop\Cash MAR.2017 TO APR.2019.accdb ")
The above code is giving the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\KUNDAN\backup.py", line 2
shutil.copy(“\\Om-pc\e\Office File\Access Original 14-16\Cash MAR.2017 TO APR.2019.accdb”, "C:\Users\KUNDAN\Desktop\Cash MAR.2017 TO APR.2019.accdb ")
^
SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier
RE: Copying a file - snippsat - Aug-21-2019
Use Code tag.
You are mixing left double quotation mark with ordinary quotation mark.
Next error will be here
C:\U,do not use single backslash \ in path because of escape character.Fixed it would be like this.
import shutil
shutil.copy("\\Om-pc\e\Office File\Access Original 14-16\Cash MAR.2017 TO APR.2019.accdb", r"C:\Users\KUNDAN\Desktop\Cash MAR.2017 TO APR.2019.accdb")