path.exists() problem

[CAHinton]

I can't get Python to recognize a folder as existing from a batch file or command line. However it works fine within the debugger. Thanks in advance for help.

here's an example of the batch file failing. The folder is not a symbolic link or on a network drive.

Error:
C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018>Handle_FTLogs_TestProcessor C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018>python "HFT_V_0.0.3.p y" -s "C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs\Test_Data\testSource" -d "C:\proj \python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs\Test_Data\testDest" Source C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs\Test_Data\testSource is not a folde r

here's the output from the script executing within the debugger:

process C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018\Test_Data\testSource
23_07_2018_16:45:03 create folder C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018\Test_Data\testDest\H180455
23_07_2018_16:45:03 move file H180455_2018_0718_165519_event_log.sorted.csv to folder H180455
23_07_2018_16:45:03 move file H180455_2018_0718_165519_periodic_log.sorted.csv to folder H180455
23_07_2018_16:45:03 create folder C:\proj\python\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018\Test_Data\testDest\H180456
23_07_2018_16:45:03 move file H180456_2018_0718_162618_event_log.sorted.csv to folder H180456
23_07_2018_16:45:03 move file H180456_2018_0718_162618_periodic_log.sorted.csv to folder H180456
check H180455
H180455_2018_0718_165519_event_log.sorted.csv
H180455_2018_0718_165519_periodic_log.sorted.csv
check H180456
H180456_2018_0718_162618_event_log.sorted.csv
H180456_2018_0718_162618_periodic_log.sorted.csv

here's the relevant portions of the script:

import os, sys, shutil, datetime, time, argparse, keyboard from pathlib import Path # globals folders = [] # list of new folders sourceFolder = '' destFolder = '' parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = 'Handle Final Test Logs') parser.prog = 'Handle Final Test Logs, V0.0.2' parser.add_argument('-s', '--src', help="source folder, default current") parser.add_argument('-d', '--dest', help="dest folder, default current") parser.add_argument('-w', '--watch', default = False, help="watch source, default process source") args = parser.parse_args() # other stuff omitted # check source folder. sourceFolder = args.src if (sourceFolder == None): sourceFolder = os.getcwd() if os.path.exists(sourceFolder): if os.path.isdir(sourceFolder): pass else: print ('Source %s is not a folder' % sourceFolder) sys.exit(1) else: print ('Source %s does not exist' % sourceFolder) sys.exit(1)

finally, here's the relevant portion of my json file:

 { "name": "Python: Current File", "type": "python", "request": "launch", "program": "${file}", "stopOnEntry": true, "args": [ "-sC:\\proj\\python\\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018\\Test_Data\\testSource", "-dC:\\proj\\python\\Handle_Final_Test_Logs_V_0.0.3_23_July_2018\\Test_Data\\testDest", ] },

[woooee]

Use a forward slash in Python. A "\t" is translated as a tab, not as part of a directory string.

[CAHinton]

Thanks! I belatedly forgot to menton I was using 3.7 in vscode on Windows 7.

I resolved the issue by adding a space between the option and string in the command line arguments. :

works: python "HFT_V_0.0.3.py" -s "C:\proj\python\HFT_0.0.3\Test_Data\testSource"

doesn't: python "HFT_V_0.0.3.py" -s"C:\proj\python\HFT_0.0.3\Test_Data\testSource"