pymel.core.system.sysFile

sysFile(*args, **kwargs)

This command provides a system independent way to create a directory or to rename or delete a file.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
copy (cp)		unicode
	Copy the file to the name given by the newFileName paramter.
delete (delete)		bool
	Deletes the file.
makeDir (md)		bool
	Create the directory path given in the parameter. This will create the entire path if more than one directory needs to be created.
move (mov)		unicode
	Behaves identically to the -rename flag and remains for compatibility with old scripts
removeEmptyDir (red)		bool
	Delete the directory path given in the parameter if the directory is empty. The command will not delete a directory which is not empty.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
rename (ren)		unicode
	Rename the file to the name given by the newFileName parameter.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.sysFile

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Create a new directory path
pm.sysFile( 'C:/temp/mayaStuff', makeDir=True )# Windows
# Result: False #
pm.sysFile( '/tmp/mayaStuff', makeDir=True )# Unix
# Result: True #

# Move a scene to the new directory (we can rename it at the same time).
pm.sysFile( 'C:/maya/projects/default/scenes/myScene.mb', rename='C:/temp/mayaStuff/myScene.mb.trash' )# Windows
# Result: False #
pm.sysFile( '/maya/projects/default/scenes/myScene.mb', rename='/tmp/mayaStuff/myScene.mb.trash' )# Unix
# Result: False #


# Rename the scene to "myScene.will.be.deleted"
pm.sysFile( 'C:/temp/mayaStuff/myScene.mb.trash', rename='C:/temp/mayaStuff/myScene.will.be.deleted' )# Windows
# Result: False #
pm.sysFile( '/tmp/mayaStuff/myScene.mb.trash', rename='/tmp/mayaStuff/myScene.will.be.deleted' )# Unix
# Result: False #

# Copy a scene to the new directory
destWindows = "C:/temp/mayaStuff/myScene.mb.trash"
srcWindows = "C:/maya/projects/default/scenes/myScene.mb"
pm.sysFile( srcWindows, copy=destWindows )# Windows
# Result: False #

destUnix = "/tmp/mayaStuff/myScene.mb.trash"
srcUnix = "maya/projects/default/scenes/myScene.mb"
pm.sysFile( srcUnix, copy=destUnix )# Unix
# Result: False #

# Delete the scene
pm.sysFile( 'C:/temp/mayaStuff/myScene.will.be.deleted', delete=True )# Windows
# Result: False #
pm.sysFile( '/tmp/mayaStuff/myScene.will.be.deleted', delete=True )# Unix
# Result: False #