#🔒 Access a file/get a file(specifically a folder)'s name when dragging it onto a script

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hasty plume
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I'm trying to make a program that shifts the color of every image in a folder by dragging the folder on top of the script. I have everything else done, but I can't figure out how I go about getting the folder's name (for copying/pathing etc.). I've found a few stackoverflow posts about similar things (ie. sys.argv[1]), and I've found success in copying files such as images, but it none of these work with folders. Any ideas?

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@hasty plume

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drifting crater
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I would recommend just using tkinter.filedialog.askdirectory instead

https://docs.python.org/3/library/dialog.html

it can work without having an actual tkinter application

Python documentation
Tkinter Dialogs

tkinter.simpledialog — Standard Tkinter input dialogs: Source code: Lib/tkinter/simpledialog.py The tkinter.simpledialog module contains convenience classes and functions for creating simple modal ...

hasty plume
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Will look into it, thanks!!!

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Worked like a charm! Thanks a bunch

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