File transfering through Python

[lkk2116]

I am new to python. Infact started yesterday and feeling out of place.
I need to write a program which would transfer files under one folder
structure (there are sub folders) to a single folder. I was going through COPYTREE in shutil. But some how I am not able to put into single folder. I am sure its matter of few commands. It
would be even more great if I could get some sample code with instructions

Thanks
Lalit

[katharnakh]

What have you tried so far?

[jice]

You should look at the functions os.walk or os.path.walk (modules os and os.walk) which explore a tree and let you do what you want with the files.

Maybe os.walk is easier to use...

see
http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html

[woooee]

os.path.walk has a callback function. Note this is untested code. Now that you know what to look for it should be fairly easy to find examples.

import os
def processDirectory ( args, dirname, filenames ):
   print 'Directory',dirname
   for filename in filenames:
      print '     File',filename 
#                                      
top_level_dir = "/usr/local"
os.path.walk(top_level_dir, processDirectory, None )

[jrcagle]

That's a steep learning curve! One day of Python, and *POOF*, file structures.

Jeff