Why is arcpy.env.scratchFolder using my gdb scratch

Anonymous User

Hello ,

When I use arcpy.env.scratchFolder in my python script (arcmap 10.7, py 2.7) why is it using my scratch file gbd and not my folder ? 

below is the code and image. The script only works when I remove the gbd from the path  ? 

arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>overwriteOutput <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="token boolean">True</SPAN>
outFolder <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>scratchFolder

featureLayer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameter<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
outPutName <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
outputFormat <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">2</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>



<SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> outputFormat <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"kmz"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
	kmzFile <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>outFolder<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"{0}.kmz"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>outPutName<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
	arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MakeFeatureLayer_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>featureLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> outPutName<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
	arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>LayerToKML_conversion<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>outPutName<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>outFolder<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>outPutName<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> 
	arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Success. You can find the kmz in the link below"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
	arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>kmzFile<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
	
<SPAN class="keyword token">elif</SPAN> outputFormat <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"shp"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>	
	arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"shp file"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</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>

Thanks

RandyBurton

Since you are wanting the user to type a name for the file, you may want set the data type as 'String' for the Name (not 'File').  That way the tool will not help the user locate a file, such as Default.gdb.