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Duplicate folder into new folder one level up in the directionary

I have a folder (1.0) which I want to duplicate one the folder one level up the directory. For example: C:\Users\remco\Downloads\stikstof-master\1.0 I either want the folder (1.0) or all the files within the folder (20 files) to get copied to: C:\Users\remco\Downloads\stikstof-master# Please note that the 2.0 folder is still non existent

I managed to get the current file path using the following code:

from utils import os
import shutil
file_path = os.getcwd()
print (file_path)

I tried some things within the os and shutil packages however I was just unable to get it working.

Solution 
  • import shutil

source_path = r'C:\Users\remco\Downloads\stikstof-master\1.0'
destination_path = r'C:\Users\remco\Downloads\stikstof-master'

try:
    shutil.copytree(source_path, destination_path, dirs_exist_ok=True)
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error occurred while copying directory: {e}")