arcpy.Exists not locating an existing feature class.

MatthewHershberger01 — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:38:08 GMT

Please excuse my (very) novice understanding of this issue. I have this code:

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/Users/matth/Desktop/CSULB/Richards_605/Geoproccessing/Geoproccessing.gdb"
env.overwriteOutput = True

def myDescFunction(fc):
    print('Processing {}'.format(fc))
    if arcpy.Exists(fc):
        desc = arcpy.Describe(fc)
        print("the base name for {0} is {1}".format(fc, desc.baseName))
        print(desc.shapeType)
        print(desc.dataType)
    else:
        print("Did not find the feature class: " + fc)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    myDescFunction("C:\\Users\\matth\\Downloads\\HBCentral.gdb\\HBCentral.gdb\\Address\\SiteAddressPoint")

And it's returning:

"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\python.exe" C:\Users\matth\PycharmProjects\pythonProject1\env.py
Processing C:\Users\matth\Downloads\HBCentral.gdb\HBCentral.gdb\Address\SiteAddressPoint
Did not find the feature class: C:\Users\matth\Downloads\HBCentral.gdb\HBCentral.gdb\Address\SiteAddressPoint

Process finished with exit code 0

I have verified that I am using a completely identical code to a colleague w/ same format and they received:

Re: arcpy.Exists not locating an existing feature class.

MatthewHershberger01 — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 18:59:19 GMT

UPDATE: It seems moving the folder off of my downloads location to elsewhere fixed the issue!

Re: arcpy.Exists not locating an existing feature class.

RhettZufelt — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:20:09 GMT

shouldn't have an issue withe the download folder, suspect the issue is that your connect string says you have a FGDB stored inside a FGDB.

 myDescFunction("C:\\Users\\matth\\Downloads\\HBCentral.gdb\\HBCentral.gdb\\Address\\SiteAddressPoint")

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