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Python Python for File Systems Manipulation Daily Backup

james malloy
james malloy
7,959 Points
Posted by james malloy
james malloy
7,959 Points

can't get past the backup.py challenge. directories not being created in workspace, but works on my pc

I'm using the following code, but can't see where I'm going wrong. Any suggestions would be welcome. TIA.

import os

def create_daily_dir(inp_dateString):

    # let's check the string format 
    dir_string = inp_dateString

    if dir_string[2] == "-":
        dir_string = inp_dateString[-4:] + "-" + inp_dateString[:2] + "-" + inp_dateString[3:5]

    # with the correct directory name in place, let's create it.
    os.makedirs( os.path.join("financial", dir_string), exist_ok=True)

create_daily_dir("04-22-2017")
backup.py 
import os

def create_daily_dir(inp_dateString):

    # let's check the string format 
    dir_string = inp_dateString

    if dir_string[2] == "-":
        dir_string = inp_dateString[-4:] + "-" + inp_dateString[:2] + "-" + inp_dateString[3:5]

    # with the correct directory name in place, let's create it.
    os.makedirs( os.path.join("financial", dir_string), exist_ok=True)

create_daily_dir("04-22-2017")

2 Answers

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

Here's the answer:

def create_daily_dir(inp_dateString):

    # let's check the string format 
    dir_string = inp_dateString

    if dir_string[2] == "-":
        dir_string = inp_dateString[-4:] + "-" + inp_dateString[:2] + "-" + inp_dateString[3:5]

    # with the correct directory name in place, let's create it.
    os.makedirs( os.path.join("financial", dir_string), exist_ok=True)

Your function works, just need to remove the call at the bottom... xD

james malloy
james malloy
7,959 Points
james malloy
james malloy
7,959 Points

ouch - that's very, very frustrating. Thanks for spotting the issue. Regards, Jim