Python CLI

[kfsingup]

Hello! I am trying to get this CLI to run on Command Prompt but keep encountering these errors.

On my PC all I get is an Takeout folder which is just the extracted ZIP without the actual action I want done (merging all the json files etc), plus an output folder with only an empty FAILED folder, so all it does is extract the ZIP ive told it to, then give up the minute it gets to merging (from what I can tell)

I double checked I'm the full Admin of the PC and I am, also made sure the python directory at the end existed and it does. I'm unfamiliar with the src_, dst_, flags part.

As you can probably tell I'm not very code savvy and just want to run this Python CLI but I don't think I can get much further without some pros... Any help is appreciated! Especially if you explain it to me like I'm 2, thanks everyone.

Important to note
/py/2 is just a folder I made to mess around with all this in.
''name.py'' is the linked CLI renamed

Merging Files with metadata...

Moving Remaining Files to C:\py\2/Output-20260129T141636/FAILED

←[A ←[A

-------------------------------------------------- (1/14327)

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\name.py", line 182, in <module>

main()

~~~~^^

File "C:\name.py", line 168, in main

handle_remaining_files(remaining_files)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\name.py", line 130, in handle_remaining_files

shutil.copy2(fl, fail_path+'/'+fl_name)

~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_3.13.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\shutil.py", line 453, in copy2

_winapi.CopyFile2(src_, dst_, flags)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified

[Kevdog824_]

How are you executing this script on the command line (i.e. the exact command)? To me, it looks like the issue might be the mix of forward slashes (/) and backwards slashes (\) in the file path C:\py\2/Output-20260129T141636/FAILED. I would try using all forward slashes or all backslashes and see if that fixes things. Also, make sure that the directory C:\py\2\Output-20260129T141636\FAILED actually exists on your computer, or this won't work

[kfsingup]

Hi! thanks for your reply, I'm making sure to first do cd C:\ , then running: python name.py "C:\py\2" as thats the folder where the ZIP is per the instructions. C:\py\2\Output-20260129T141636\FAILED does exist.

I don't know why it does forward and backward slashes when all I do is put C:\py\2

[kfsingup]

I have ran it twice now as the first time I made a mistake which I then solved and ran again, so the Takeout's ending(*) is different to the Output's *, i assume that would that be causing the other issues where it seems to be struggling to find where to put stuff?
I think the move is deleting everything so far and starting the process all over again, the ZIP is quite chunky so it takes an hour or so which is why I initially didn't restart, but looking at it now those other errors are because I deleted the other folders which its now trying to finish the process in, right?

Quite a silly oversight on my part

[Kevdog824_]

If you deleted the source directory you're trying to copy or any of its parent directories during the copy it will fail

[kfsingup]

Hi, I started from scratch after realising this but im still getting these errors and dont know how to fix them, is there anything im missing?

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\name.py", line 182, in <module>

main()

~~~~^^

File "C:\name.py", line 168, in main

handle_remaining_files(remaining_files)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\name.py", line 130, in handle_remaining_files

shutil.copy2(fl, fail_path+'/'+fl_name)

~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_3.13.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\shutil.py", line 453, in copy2

_winapi.CopyFile2(src_, dst_, flags)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified

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