import glob
import os
import shutil
import os
import win32com.client as win32
 
 #  Outlook application instance
olApp = win32.Dispatch('Outlook.Application')
olNS = olApp.GetNameSpace('MAPI')

# path 
src = '/Users/Administrator/Desktop/A'
dst = '/Users/Administrator/Desktop/B'

# check if the file exists in dst with extensions 

file = os.path.join(os.path.join(src, "*.txt"))
if os.path.exists(dst):
    for file in glob.iglob(os.path.join(src, "*.txt")):
        if os.path.isfile(file): 
            shutil.copy2(file, dst)
            mailItem = olApp.CreateItem(0)
            mailItem.Subject = 'Check file'
            mailItem.BodyFormat = 1
            mailItem.Body = "File is Successful Copy"
            mailItem.To = '<[email protected]>' 
            #mailItem.Attachments.Add()
            mailItem.send
else:
	print(" Skipped: already file exists ")

import os
import shutil

# a lot of .txt text files here
path2source = '/home/pedro/winter2022/21BE/correctAnswersCW/'
# nothing in here right now
path2destination = '/home/pedro/tmp/'

source = os.listdir(path2source)
source_files = []
for s in source:
    if s.endswith('.txt'):
        source_files.append(s)
        
destination = os.listdir(path2destination)

# read what is in the destination directory first
# don't get directories
destination_files = []
for d in destination:
    if os.path.isfile(path2destination + d):
        destination_files.append(d)

# maybe you want to check the metadata, to see if the source file is newer than an existing file
# not done that here
# can copy directories with .copytree()
# make a function send_an_email(file_name) to send the mail
for s in source_files:
    if not s in destination_files:
        shutil.copy(path2source + s, path2destination + s)
        print('copied', s)
        send_an_email(s)

# for sending an email using SMTP_SSL(), look here, seems straightforward
# https://www.courier.com/blog/three-ways-to-send-emails-using-python-with-code-tutorials/

(Nov-23-2022, 05:00 AM)Pedroski55 Wrote: Doesn't look too daunting!

For emailing you could look here.

import os
import shutil

# a lot of .txt text files here
path2source = '/home/pedro/winter2022/21BE/correctAnswersCW/'
# nothing in here right now
path2destination = '/home/pedro/tmp/'

source = os.listdir(path2source)
source_files = []
for s in source:
    if s.endswith('.txt'):
        source_files.append(s)
        
destination = os.listdir(path2destination)

# read what is in the destination directory first
# don't get directories
destination_files = []
for d in destination:
    if os.path.isfile(path2destination + d):
        destination_files.append(d)

# maybe you want to check the metadata, to see if the source file is newer than an existing file
# not done that here
# can copy directories with .copytree()
# make a function send_an_email(file_name) to send the mail
for s in source_files:
    if not s in destination_files:
        shutil.copy(path2source + s, path2destination + s)
        print('copied', s)
        send_an_email(s)

# for sending an email using SMTP_SSL(), look here, seems straightforward
# https://www.courier.com/blog/three-ways-to-send-emails-using-python-with-code-tutorials/