To rename a folder. from menu_reorganization import * data_object = LdtpDataFileParser (datafilename) #Extracting imput data from xml file old_name = data_object.gettagvalue ('old_name')[0] new_name = data_object.gettagvalue ('new_name')[0] try: msg='Rename a Folder' log(msg,'teststart') if rename(old_name,new_name) == 1: print old_name + ' has been renamed as '+new_name msg='Fldr has been renamed' log(msg,'info') msg='Fldr has been renamed' log(msg,'pass') else: msg='probs in renaming the fldr' log(msg,'info') msg='Fldr has been renamed' log(msg,'fail') msg='Rename a folder' log(msg,'testend') except: msg='cannot rename a folder' log(msg,'error') msg='Rename a folder' log(msg,'testend') raise LdtpExecutionError(msg)