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

Anonymous User — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:03:05 GMT

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

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

JoeBorgione — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:09:21 GMT

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

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

Anonymous User — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:48:30 GMT

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

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True

env.workspace = r"M:\GIS Geodatabases"
arcpy.Copy_management("Cadastral.gdb", r"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\Cadastral.gdb")

print "Cadastral.gdb Copy Complete"

env.workspace = r"M:\GIS Geodatabases"
arcpy.Copy_management("Transportation.gdb", r"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\Transportation.gdb")

print "Transportation.gdb Copy Complete"

env.workspace = r"M:\GIS Geodatabases"
arcpy.Copy_management("AdminBoundaries.gdb", r"T:\pl\Planning Geodatabases\AdminBoundaries.gdb")

print "AdminBoundaries.gdb Copy Complete"‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

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

JoeBorgione — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:30:12 GMT

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....

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

Anonymous User — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:40:59 GMT

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.

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

JoeBorgione — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:23:22 GMT

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...