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Shutil move if file exists in destination - Friend - Feb-02-2020
Hi all,
i am just learning about the modul shutil and tried to move a file to a destination folder.
It works. However if i try to run the script again and overwrite the file, it doesnt work, because the file exists alreay in the destination.
shutil.move(r'C:\Users\user\Desktop\Source\t.txt', r'C:\Users\user\Desktop\Destination')is there a way to overwrite the file if it exits ?
RE: Shutil move if file exists in destination - klllmmm - Feb-02-2020
You may have to remove the file if it exists already
if os.path.exists(r'C:\Users\user\Desktop\Source\t.txt'): os.remove(r'C:\Users\user\Desktop\Source\t.txt')
RE: Shutil move if file exists in destination - Friend - Feb-02-2020
i guess it should be like this (destination instead of source):
if os.path.exists(r'C:\Users\user\Desktop\Destination\t.txt'): os.remove(r'C:\Users\user\Desktop\Destination\t.txt')hmm i thought there is some other way, without having to do this "manually"
thanks a lot