Copy Files in directory with specific date

Question

I want to copy files that have specific date. I can filter out the date. Copying makes problems.

import os
from os import walk
import time
from datetime import date, timedelta
import zipfile
import io
import shutil

src = 'K:\\Userfiles'
dest = 'L:\\Userfiles'
date1 = date.today() - timedelta(2)

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):

  for file in files:
      if ( 'zip' in file):
        x = file[-18:-8]
        d = date1.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
        if x == d:

            shutil.copyfile(file, dest)

ERROR is: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Python37/datetime_finder.py", line 28, in shutil.copyfile(file, 'K:\Userfiles\Ucar\UNZIP')
File "C:\Python37\lib\shutil.py", line 120,
in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'getContents_2019-01-27.csv.zip

ERROR is: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: — mgm841
can you post the full error trace? looks that dest is an empty string. if you need to copy to current working directory you should mention it explicitly using dest = '.' — Swadhikar
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Python37/datetime_finder.py", line 28, in <module> shutil.copyfile(file, 'K:\\Userfiles\\Ucar\\UNZIP') File "C:\Python37\lib\shutil.py", line 120, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'getContents_2019-01-27.csv.zip' >>> — mgm841
When I run print(file), its shows me all files with the date. I would like to copy this. — mgm841

Shlomi Bazel Shlomi Bazel · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-29T12:12:37

Taken from https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfile

shutil.copyfile(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True)

Copy the contents (no metadata) of the file named src to a file named dst and return dst. src and dst are path names given as strings. dst must be the complete target file name; look at shutil.copy() for a copy that accepts a target directory path.

Copy Files in directory with specific date

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