Copy Features Error 000210

[JacobConshick]

I am trying to copy my feature but for some reason I keep getting Error 000210. I am using Arcpro and I did the fixes online but I cannot get it to work.

[DavidPike]

Can you give more context/information on what you're doing, what tools you're using to do it, and the full error message?

This is in the python area, is this a script which is failing or just a tool? If a script, can you share the script?

[JacobConshick]

I am trying to copy a shapefile before I perform my analysis so I have a backup. This worked Thursday last week with no issue but now it is not.

This is code subset

input shapefile: feature = r"J:\1086\210\GIS\ROW_140\Data\OLIVER\Refined\Acushnet_Oliver_Parcels_15.shp"

output shapefile: featureCopy = r"J:\1086\210\GIS\ROW_140\Data\Draft\Draft_Acushnet_Parcels.shp"

tool used: arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(feature, featureCopy)

Error:

ERROR 000210: Cannot create output J:\1086\210\GIS\ROW_140\Data\Draft\Draft_Acushnet_Parcels.shp
Failed to execute (CopyFeatures).

[DanPatterson]

BUG-000124936: Exporting or copying a dataset to a new feature clas.. (esri.com)

BUG-000121494: Using the memory workspace as the output while execu.. (esri.com)

lots of reasons more

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input path same as output?

using in_memory?

[JacobConshick]

I can see how that would work when using a geodatabase. But I am not sure if this would apply for shapefiles. My input and output are two different shapefiles going to two different locations.

[DanPatterson]

then the tool inputs or you python code needs to be looked at

[DanPatterson]

"J:\1086\210\GIS\ROW_140\Data\Draft\Draft_Acushnet_Parcels.shp"

print(p)
J86ˆ\GIS\ROW_140\Data\Draft\Draft_Acushnet_Parcels.shp

the old path beginning with numbers issue

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 p = r"J:\1086\210\GIS\ROW_140\Data\Draft\Draft_Acushnet_Parcels.shp"

print(p)
J:\1086\210\GIS\ROW_140\Data\Draft\Draft_Acushnet_Parcels.shp