calling cmd from python windows error 2

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I am tring to call the cmd command "move" from python.

  cmd1 = ["move", spath , npath]
  startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
  startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
  p = subprocess.Popen(cmd1, startupinfo=startupinfo)

While the comammand works in the cmd. I can move files. With this python code i get:

WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Spath and npath, are absolute paths to folders, so being in another directory should not matter.

[edit] Responding to Tim's answear: The how do i move a folder?

Tim Pietzcker · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-10 14:17:49Z

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move is built-in into the cmd shell, so it's not a file command that you can call this way.

You could use shutil.move(), but this "forgets" all alternate data stream, ACLs etc.

edited Nov 10, 2010 at 14:17

answered Nov 10, 2010 at 14:11

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khachik · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-10 14:14:33Z

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try to use cmd1 = ["cmd", "/c", "move", spath, npath]

answered Nov 10, 2010 at 14:14

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