Python. IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: when i'm copying file

Question

I have two folders: In, Out - it is not system folder on disk D: - Windows 7. Out contain \"myfile.txt\" I run the following command in python:

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Answer 1

First of all, make sure that your files aren't locked by Windows, some applications, like MS Office, locks the oppened files.

I got erro 13 when i was is trying to rename a long file list in a directory, but Python was trying to rename some folders that was at the same path of my files. So, if you are not using shutil library, check if it is a directory or file!

import os
path="abc.txt"

if os.path.isfile(path):
    #do yor copy here
    print("\nIt is a normal file") 

Or

if os.path.isdir(path):
    print("It is a directory!")
else:
    #do yor copy here
    print("It is a file!")