import pandas as pd
import os
import shutil
import sys

if len(sys.argv) < 1:
	print "provide CSV file argument, followed by target directory argument,",\
	" followed by which column to use from csv file (optional)"
elif len(sys.argv) < 4:
	in_file = sys.argv[1]
	target_path = sys.argv[2]
	file_path_column_name = "file_path"
elif len(sys.argv) == 4:
	in_file = sys.argv[1]
	target_path = sys.argv[2]
	file_path_column_name = "file_path"


df = pd.read_csv(in_file)


image_paths = list(df[file_path_column_name])


if not os.path.exists(target_path):
    os.makedirs(target_path)

def copyFromListToPath(src_paths, dest_path):
  for i in range(len(src_paths)): shutil.copy2(src_paths[i], dest_path)

copyFromListToPath(image_paths, target_path)