Using FileInfo does not work.

[brussell4]

SCENARIO

Move a file from /alice/bob/bb.txt to /alice/bob/charlie/bb.txt using FileInfo

Docs and file_info.py line 972-985 suggest to rename a file as follows:

from netapp_ontap.host_connection import HostConnection
from netapp_ontap.resources import FileInfo

with HostConnection("<mgmt-ip>", username="admin", password="password", verify=False):
    resource = FileInfo(
        "7da9eb81-6daa-4323-9eab-7bbce73da0f2", path="alice/bob/bb.txt"
    )
    resource.path = "alice/bob/charlie.txt"
    resource.patch()

EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR

File is renamed/ moved.

OBSERVED BEHAVIOUR

Caused by HTTPError('500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: https://server.domain:443/api/storage/volumes/7da9eb81-6daa-4323-9eab-7bbce73da0f2/files/%2Falice%2Fbob'): Failed to rename "/alice/bob" to 
"/alice/bob/charlie". Reason: Invalid argument

The library correctly identifies the change in path and forms the correct body for the patch but fails to append the file name to the URL. Resulting a REST call attempting to rename the parent directory of the file to the new filename and HTTP500 error.

ENVIRONMENT

netapp-ontap 9.13.1.0
Python 3.11.2

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[noorbuchi]

Hello,

It would be very helpful to know what the requests and responses from your example look like. Can you please enabled debug logging and share the output. You can do that by including this in your script:

import logging
from netapp_ontap import config, utils
utils.LOG_ALL_API_CALLS = 1
utils.DEBUG = 1
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

-Noor

[brussell4]

Thanks @noorbuchi. I don't know what changed, apart from me taking a day leave but it seems to be working now... Will close the issue. I thought it may have been to do with leading / on source or destination but no. Perplexed but happy.