Moving files in Python doesn't work once made executable using pyinstaller

Question

I have a script in Python that works fine, it creates about 1000 files once the script is ran.

So I implemented some code to move the files to a new folder once the script is ran.

import glob, os, shutil

source_dir = 'C:/Users/george/Desktop/my aemo app/a'
dst = 'C:/Users/george/Desktop/my aemo app/b'
files = glob.iglob(os.path.join(source_dir, "*.csv"))
for file in files:
    if os.path.isfile(file):
        shutil.copy2(file, dst)

This works fine when I run it in idle, however once made executable and I send the program to someone else, it doesn't move the files for them?

Answer 1

I imagine the problem with sending to another user is that their username probably isn't "george" and therefore their file structure is different than what your program is looking for. I would try using environment variables or relative pathways to move files around on a program that is to be distributed. os documentation: https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#process-parameters

relative pathways would be something like ../../file/deepFile/whatYoureLookingFor if you want to go up 2 directories from where you run the program and then dive down another path into file