What is it?

This is a program to automatically copy data from one directory to a flash drive (USB sticks), however, it is mostly configured for Windows or Linux, but I will try to ensure cross-platform compatibility

Why is this necessary?

For mass copying of data to a USB flash drive. I'm not sure that anyone will need it besides me.

How to use the code?

You can use the following piece of code to copy data to flash drives:

from auto_copy_to_usb import CopyFiles, Detector, ABCDetectError
from auto_copy_to_usb.copeer import CopyError

def start_copy(copy_from:str) -> bool:
	try:
		detector = Detector(CopyFiles(copy_from))
		detector.start_copy()
	except ABCDetectError:
		return False
	except CopyError:
		return False
	else:
		return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
	start_copy('from')

However, you should understand that warnings (for example, that the flash drive is not empty) will be output to the console:

copeer.py:10: CopyWarning: Directory D:/ not empty. Possible warnings during validation
  showwarning(text, CopyWarning, 'copeer.py', 10)
copeer.py:10: CopyWarning: There are extraneous files in the directory. Perhaps this is a mistake
  showwarning(text, CopyWarning, 'copeer.py', 10)

And also when starting __init__.py you may see an AssertionError due to the fact that during validation, the flash drive was not empty, however, in real code you can ignore this moment

A few other chips

You can also get all the paths to flash drives

Windows example

all_usb_devices = detector.get_usb_devices()
print(all_usb_devices) # ["D:", "E:"]

Linux example

all_usb_devices = detector.get_usb_devices()
print(all_usb_devices) # ["/media/ubuntu/430E-A770", "/media/ubuntu/CCBIN-528TYS"]
# It only looks for mount points, not the /dev/sd* themselves.

Mac OS (OS X) example

all_usb_devices = detector.get_usb_devices()
print(all_usb_devices) # ["/Volumes/YourUSB", "/Volumes/usb_device"]

And also when copying, you can specify a custom path to the flash drive or even specify any other folder you wish:

assert detector.start_copy(['D:', 'C:\\path\\to\\my\\directory'])

Important note

On linux, I specifically added such a feature that you can copy files not only to flash drives (USB), but also to memory cards (mmcblk), as well as disks, if someone still uses them (/dev/cd) In turn, this is not yet provided for on Windows, but I think that I will add it here soon. If you need to copy ONLY to USB, open the corresponding issue so that I make changes.