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Occasional Contributor

8 years ago

Solved

i want to remove a file from my desktop .

i want to remove a file name (export.csv) from my desktop . I have code in python working fine for this.

Code :-

try:

import os

os.remove(r"C:\Users\zkhz8zd\Desktop\export.csv")

except Exception as e:

Log.Message(str(e)

Now I want it to make generic so that whoever run on there respective machine, it should work. I am using

Sys.UserName for this, however not able to do this.

I have changed ....os.remove(r"C:\Users\zkhz8zd\Desktop\export.csv") to os.remove(r"C:\Users\

+ str(Sys.UserName) +

\Desktop\export.csv")

Can anybody please help me with the code

HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
8 years ago
Hi Amrendra,

You can get the desktop folder path as follows:

# TC 12+
desktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders.Item('Desktop')

# TC 11.x
desktop = Sys.OleObject['WScript.Shell'].SpecialFolders.Item('Desktop')

This will work even on non-English versions of Windows and if it's installed on drives other than C:.

Then you can use os.path.join() to get the full file name:

os.remove( os.path.join(desktop, 'export.csv') )
m_essaid
Valued Contributor
8 years ago
hi,
I don't know python but do it in 2 times.
first initalize a variable with the path, then use this variable.
put a debug point just after the initialization and copy-paste in an explorer window, to see if the path is correct.
- Amrendra
  Occasional Contributor
  8 years ago
  i have tried :-
  
  def a():
  userName = Sys.UserName
  Log.Message(userName)
  try:
  import os
  os.remove(r"C:\Users\userName\Desktop\export.csv")
  except Exception as e:
  Log.Message(str(e))
  
  However this is giving me error message " [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:/Users/userName/Desktop/export.csv'
  
  Please help
Amrendra
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago
zkhz8zd is mu login id in below code and I want to make it generic for the other user who looged with there respective id.
Please help me out. Pls