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Rename with os.renames()

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Write a Python program to move a file into new nested folders with os.renames().

Output

True False

Approach

renames creates missing folders on the new path and removes empty ones on the old path.

Solution

Python

import os os.makedirs("drafts/2025", exist_ok=True)open("drafts/2025/plan.txt", "w").close()os.renames("drafts/2025/plan.txt", "archive/2026/plan.txt")print(os.path.exists("archive/2026/plan.txt"), os.path.exists("drafts"))

Output

True False

Line by line

Line 5

The now-empty “drafts” folders are removed automatically.

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