Bob Williams wrote:
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> My operating system is Linux (openSUSE 13.1).
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> I'm trying to create symlinks. The following code:
>
> if pathList[j][-3:] == "mp3":
> linkName1 = pathList[j][0:-3] + "mp3"
> linkName2 = destPath + linkName1[len(sourcePath):]
> print 'Creating link %s -> %s' % (linkName2, pathList[j])
> os.symlink(pathList[j], linkName2)
>
> fails with this error:
>
>
> Creating link /pollux/music/portable/testing/artists/Death in
> June/1995 Rose Clouds Of Holocaust/10 Lifebooks.mp3 ->
> /home/bob/music/artists/Death in June/1995 Rose Clouds Of Holocaust/10
> Lifebooks.mp3
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/home/bob/Documents/scripts/python/flac2mp3.py", line 101, in
> <module>
> os.symlink(pathList[j], linkName2)
> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>
> The same thing happens in ipython, when I type the paths in manually.
> I have tried escaping the spaces with '\', but the same error is
> generated.
>
> The file "/home/bob/music/artists/Death in June/1995 Rose Clouds Of
> Holocaust/10 Lifebooks.mp3" definitely exists.
>
> Thanks,
os.symlink(existing_file, symlink_to_create)
fails with that error if the directory that shall contain the new symlink
does not exist. You can create it before making the symlink with
try:
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(symlink_to_create))
except OSError as err:
# Assume the directory exists.
# A thorough coder would check the errno here
pass
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