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hi New to this so sorry if I have it all wrong

I have this code that goes to drive c:\ then search all the folders in that drive for all jpg files that are biiger than 20kbytes then move them to a folder called test

All works fine BUT I want it to scan the c drive BUT from a named folder

This is the part that I cannot sort out

"
#%%
drive=win32api.GetLogicalDriveStrings().split('\000')[:-1] ## to select the drive
if drive[0]=='c:\\': # change here
    find_file(drive[0],re)


Hope some one can help
Kind Regards

What I have tried:

if drive[0]=='c:\\test\\': # change here


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Updated 8-Aug-22 6:08am

The easiest way to do this would be to pass the starting path into the program at execution time. So your code would be something like:
Python
import sys
# Program begins here
search_path = 'C:\\' # default search path
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    search_path = sys.argv[1] # get the path name from the command line

You can then start your program thus:
python searchapp.py C:\Users\master\Documents
 
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build56 7-Aug-22 10:25am    
Sorry for my mistake in reply to this problem, did look for the reply but missed it.
Any way
problem I have a code in python that do this
1 look in the c drive then look in all folders
2 look for all jpg files bigger than 10kbytes (file Size)
3 move to a folder on d: drive called buiild
all works fine as is BUT

I want to be able to change from searching ALL folders to a folder called test or a folder that I can put in the code like c:\test here is the code
=================================
import os
import shutil
import re
import win32api
import glob
from PIL import Image
import PIL
from pathlib import Path
#%%
def find_file(root_folder, rex):
for root,dirs,files in os.walk(root_folder):
for filename in glob.glob(root+"/*.jpg", recursive=True):
try:
if os.stat(filename).st_size>10000:
result=filename#
print('Screenshot found')
directory = "buiild"
parent_directory= str(root_folder)
destination = os.path.join(parent_directory, directory)
source=os.path.join(root,filename)
print(source)
try:
os.makedirs(destination, exist_ok = True)
shutil.move(source,destination)
except OSError as error:
pass
else:
break
except PIL.UnidentifiedImageError:
pass
#%%
drive=win32api.GetLogicalDriveStrings().split('\000')[:-1] ## to select the drive
if drive[0]=='C:\\': # change here
find_file(drive[0],re)
=======================================
If you look at the line where it says
if drive[0]=='C:\\': # change here
I want to change that to something like
if drive[0]=='C:\\test': # change here
BUT IT DOES NTO WORK
Hope I have giving you more information this time
Thank you for you time
Richard MacCutchan 7-Aug-22 10:36am    
Then use the solution I already suggested to you. It is the simplest way to do what you want.
build56 7-Aug-22 14:13pm    
so do i paste your bit of code below the #% thentake out the other code about c drive etc?
Richard MacCutchan 7-Aug-22 14:27pm    
Yes, assuming that is where the program starts.
build56 7-Aug-22 15:41pm    
Hmmmm "program starts"
I thought from the above code that I pasted it would start at the top of the code from

import os

Or have I got that wrong
I have tidied up your code and removed all the redundant pieces, and it works fine in my tests.
Python
import shutil
import glob
import sys
import os

#%%
def find_file(root_folder):
    for root,dirs,files in os.walk(root_folder):
        for filename in glob.glob(root+"/*.jpg", recursive=True):    
            if os.stat(filename).st_size > 12000:
                print('Image file found:', filename)
                source=os.path.join(root,filename)
                print('source =', source)

                destination = os.path.join(root_folder, "build")
                print('destination =', destination)
                try:
                    print('moving ...')
                    os.makedirs(destination, exist_ok = True)
                    shutil.move(source,destination)
                except OSError as error:
                    pass
            else:
                continue
#%%

# Program begins here
search_path = 'C:\\' # default search path
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    search_path = sys.argv[1] # get the path name from the command line
find_file(search_path)
 
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build56 8-Aug-22 12:37pm    
WORKS GREAT
if I put in
py richard.py c:\
scans all drive c:\ and puts in the folder "build"in the Root of c:\ with all jpg files no problem
BUT if I put in
py richard.py c:\fred
It moves all jpg into c:\fred\build with all jpgs

That is no problem becaue I can look in there any way.
GREAT GREAT
But if a did just want to copy rarther the move is that a simple alteration in the scrip
I MUST thank you very much for all your time with me.
Is there anyway I can pay you for you time PLEASE
Richard MacCutchan 8-Aug-22 12:42pm    
Just change shutil.move(source,destination) to shutil.copy(source,destination). See shutil — High-level file operations — Python 3.10.6 documentation[^]. You should always try the documentation first.
build56 8-Aug-22 12:47pm    
Okay all done and working

PLEASE how can I pay you for ALL YOUR TIME?
Richard MacCutchan 8-Aug-22 12:51pm    
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Richard MacCutchan 9-Aug-22 3:07am    
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