FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified:

Question

import os

def rename(directory):
    for name in os.listdir(directory):
        print(name)
        os.rename(name,\"0\"+name)


path = input(\"Enter the file path\         


        

Answer 1

Agreeing with Bernie's answer that "filename" is used to mean the full/absolute path name . The below will also work.

        os.rename((directory+name),(directory+'0'+name))

Answer 2

As written you're looking for a file named 0.jpg in the working directory. You want to be looking in the directory you pass in.

So instead do:

        os.rename(os.path.join(directory,name), 
                  os.path.join(directory,'0'+name))

Answer 3

You cannot use absolute path unless your terminal is in that directory. Hence you can do as following:

def rename(directory):
    os.chdir(directory) # Changing to the directory you specified.
    for name in os.listdir(directory):
        print(name)
        os.rename(name,"0"+name)