Jupyter : [WinError 267] The directory name is invalid

Question

I got the error while running a code:

[WinError 267] The directory name is invalid: 'E:\\PlantVillage/Pepper__bell___Bacterial_spot/0022d6b7-d47c-4ee2-ae9a-392a53f48647___JR_B.Spot 8964.JPG/'

I'm ruuning the code on jupyter notebook with python 3.8

The root directory is:

directory_root = "E:\PlantVillage"

The code is:

image_list, label_list = [], []
try:
    print("[INFO] Loading images ...")
    root_dir = listdir(directory_root)
    for directory in root_dir :
        # remove .DS_Store from list
        if directory == ".DS_Store" :
            root_dir.remove(directory)

    for plant_folder in root_dir :
        plant_disease_folder_list = listdir(f"{directory_root}/{plant_folder}")

        for disease_folder in plant_disease_folder_list :
            # remove .DS_Store from list
            if disease_folder == ".DS_Store" :
                plant_disease_folder_list.remove(disease_folder)

        for plant_disease_folder in plant_disease_folder_list:
            print(f"[INFO] Processing {plant_disease_folder} ...")
            plant_disease_image_list = listdir(f"{directory_root}/{plant_folder}/{plant_disease_folder}/")

            for single_plant_disease_image in plant_disease_image_list :
                if single_plant_disease_image == ".DS_Store" :
                    plant_disease_image_list.remove(single_plant_disease_image)

            for image in plant_disease_image_list[:200]:
                image_directory = f"{directory_root}/{plant_folder}/{plant_disease_folder}/{image}"
                if image_directory.endswith(".jpg") == True or image_directory.endswith(".JPG") == True:
                    image_list.append(convert_image_to_array(image_directory))
                    label_list.append(plant_disease_folder)
    print("[INFO] Image loading completed")  
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error : {e}")

The directory on Windows is, which can be seen in the image attached:

"E:\PlantVillage\Pepper__bell___Bacterial_spot\0022d6b7-d47c-4ee2-ae9a-392a53f48647___JR_B.Spot 8964.JPG"

Answer 1

So after "E:\PlantVillage" create another folder(name it as you wish) and cut all the folders present in the "PlantVillge" and paste it in the new folder you have created (Eg before "E:\PlantVillage\Pepper__bell__Bacterial_spot" to "E:\PlantVillage\NewFolder\Pepper__bell__Bacterial_spot"