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Files and folders / Move and rename

Move/rename a single file/folder

tasks.py

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from robocorp.tasks import task
import shutil

@task
def files_or_folders_move_rename_single():
    source = "my-file.txt"
    destination = "my-folder/my-file-renamed.txt" # This can be either a file or a folder
    shutil.move(source, destination)

Move/rename multiple files/folders

tasks.py

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from robocorp.tasks import task
import shutil
import os

@task
def files_or_folders_move_rename_multiple():
    # List of source and destination paths as tuples
    paths_to_move = [
        ("my-file.txt", "my-folder/my-file-renamed.txt"),
        ("my-folder", "backup-folder/my-folder-renamed")
    ]

    for source, destination in paths_to_move:
        try:
            # Check if the source file or folder exists
            if not os.path.exists(source):
                print(f"Source '{source}' does not exist. Skipping...")
                continue

            # Create destination folder if it doesn't exist (only for folder destinations)
            dest_dir = os.path.dirname(destination) if not os.path.isdir(destination) else destination
            if not os.path.exists(dest_dir):
                os.makedirs(dest_dir)
                print(f"Destination folder '{dest_dir}' created.")

            # Move the source file/folder to the destination
            shutil.move(source, destination)
            print(f"'{source}' has been moved to '{destination}' successfully.")

        except Exception as e:
            print(f"An error occurred while moving '{source}' to '{destination}': {e}")