import arcpy, os, sys
# Set local variables
outLocation = r'M:\TRIM\test.gdb\trim'
emptyFC = 'troad'
try:
fcList = []
# All troad shp files in the workspace are placed into a list
def fcs_in_workspace(workspace):
arcpy.env.workspace = workspace
for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses('troad*'):
fcList.append(os.path.join(workspace, fc))
for ws in arcpy.ListWorkspaces():
fcs_in_workspace(os.path.join(workspace, ws))
fcs_in_workspace(r'M:\104a\trim\shp')
# Process: Append the feature classes into the empty feature class
arcpy.Append_management(fcList, outLocation + os.sep + emptyFC, "NO_TEST")
print fcList
except:
# If an error occurred while running a tool print the messages
print arcpy.GetMessages()
What it is supposed to do is build a FC list and use that list to append all the shp files to a FC in a FGDB. The above code works for listing all the SHP files in the interactive window, but for whatever reason the arcpy.Append_management tool only appends the first item in the list to the File geodatabase.
You are attempting to pass an actual Python list into the Append tool. While this seems like it should work, it doesn't. You need to format the list as a big long string. For example:
fcString = ""
for fc in fcList:
fcString = fcString + fc + ";"
arcpy.Append_management(fcString[:-1], outLocation + os.sep + emptyFC, "NO_TEST")
