I am trying to learn python and am making a program that will output a script. I want to use os.path.join, but am pretty confused. According to the docs if I say:
os.path.join('c:', 'sourcedir')
I get "C:sourcedir". According to the docs, this is normal, right?
But when I use the copytree command, Python will output it the desired way, for example:
import shutil
src = os.path.join('c:', 'src')
dst = os.path.join('c:', 'dst')
shutil.copytree(src, dst)
Here is the error code I get:
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:src/*.*'
If I wrap the os.path.join with os.path.normpath I get the same error.
If this os.path.join can't be used this way, then I am confused as to its purpose.
According to the pages suggested by Stack Overflow, slashes should not be used in join—that is correct, I assume?
Windows has a concept of current directory for each drive. Because of that, "c:sourcedir" means "sourcedir" inside the current C: directory, and you'll need to specify an absolute directory.
Any of these should work and give the same result, but I don't have a Windows VM fired up at the moment to double check:
"c:/sourcedir"
os.path.join("/", "c:", "sourcedir")
os.path.join("c:/", "sourcedir")