Move files with spaces in the name

Question

I am trying to move some files in python, but they have spaces in the name. Is there any way to specifically tell python to treat a string as a file name?

listing = os.listdir(self.Parent.userTempFolderPath)
for infile in listing:
    if infile.find("Thumbs.db") == -1 and infile.find("DS") == -1:

        fileMover.moveFile(infile, self.Parent.userTempFolderPath, self.Parent.currentProjectObject.Watchfolder, True)

After I get the file from the listing, I run os.path.exists on it to see if it exists, and it never exists! Can somebody give me a hint here?

Answer 1

The spaces in the filenames are not the problem; os.listdir returns filenames, not full paths.

You'll need to add them to your filenames to test them; os.path.join will do this for you with the correct directory separator for your platform:

listing = os.listdir(self.Parent.userTempFolderPath)
for infile in listing:
    if 'Thumbs.db' not in infile and 'DS' not in infile:
        path = os.path.join(self.Parent.userTempFolderPath, infile)

        fileMover.moveFile(path, self.Parent.userTempFolderPath, self.Parent.currentProjectObject.Watchfolder, True)

Note that I also simplified your filename tests; instead of using .find(..) == -1 I use the not in operator.