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How do I copy a geodatabase to a different location using arcpy?

Anonymous User

I'm wanting to make a copy of a geodatabase from one location on our network to another. Can anyone help?

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Anonymous User

Thanks for the help. Below is my final script I came up with that has been tested and works.

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy
<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> arcpy <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> env
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>overwriteOutput <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="token boolean">True</SPAN>

env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"M:\GIS Geodatabases"</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Cadastral.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\Cadastral.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Cadastral.gdb Copy Complete"</SPAN>

env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"M:\GIS Geodatabases"</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Transportation.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\Transportation.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Transportation.gdb Copy Complete"</SPAN>

env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"M:\GIS Geodatabases"</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"AdminBoundaries.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\AdminBoundaries.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"AdminBoundaries.gdb Copy Complete"</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

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JoeBorgione

Stick with it and have some fun. Anytime you need to do something more than a couple of times, script it. There is only one way to get into python, and that's to get into python! A year ago I couldn't spell python...

Anonymous User

I'm pretty new to Python but thanks for the input. I will have to give that a try so I can sharpen my skills.

JoeBorgione

Good job; you only need to set your workspace once, so lines 10 & 14 aren't needed. If you want to have some fun, create a list of the the database names and iterate through them in a 'for' loop....

Anonymous User

Thanks for the help. Below is my final script I came up with that has been tested and works.

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy
<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> arcpy <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> env
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>overwriteOutput <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="token boolean">True</SPAN>

env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"M:\GIS Geodatabases"</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Cadastral.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\Cadastral.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Cadastral.gdb Copy Complete"</SPAN>

env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"M:\GIS Geodatabases"</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Transportation.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\Transportation.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Transportation.gdb Copy Complete"</SPAN>

env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"M:\GIS Geodatabases"</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Copy_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"AdminBoundaries.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\AdminBoundaries.gdb"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"AdminBoundaries.gdb Copy Complete"</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

JoeBorgione

I started writing out some code, but check this: Copy—Help | ArcGIS Desktop it's pretty easy...

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