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105 lines
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\section{\module{shutil} ---
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High-level file operations}
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\declaremodule{standard}{shutil}
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\modulesynopsis{High-level file operations, including copying.}
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\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
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% partly based on the docstrings
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The \module{shutil} module offers a number of high-level operations on
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files and collections of files. In particular, functions are provided
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which support file copying and removal.
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\index{file!copying}
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\index{copying files}
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\strong{Caveat:} On MacOS, the resource fork and other metadata are
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not used. For file copies, this means that resources will be lost and
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file type and creator codes will not be correct.
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\begin{funcdesc}{copyfile}{src, dst}
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Copy the contents of \var{src} to \var{dst}. If \var{dst} exists,
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it will be replaced, otherwise it will be created.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{copymode}{src, dst}
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Copy the permission bits from \var{src} to \var{dst}. The file
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contents, owner, and group are unaffected.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{copystat}{src, dst}
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Copy the permission bits, last access time, and last modification
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time from \var{src} to \var{dst}. The file contents, owner, and
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group are unaffected.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{copy}{src, dst}
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Copy the file \var{src} to the file or directory \var{dst}. If
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\var{dst} is a directory, a file with the same basename as \var{src}
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is created (or overwritten) in the directory specified. Permission
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bits are copied.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{copy2}{src, dst}
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Similar to \function{copy()}, but last access time and last
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modification time are copied as well. This is similar to the
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\UNIX{} command \program{cp -p}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{copytree}{src, dst\optional{, symlinks}}
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Recursively copy an entire directory tree rooted at \var{src}. The
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destination directory, named by \var{dst}, must not already exist;
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it will be created. Individual files are copied using
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\function{copy2()}. If \var{symlinks} is true, symbolic links in
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the source tree are represented as symbolic links in the new tree;
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if false or omitted, the contents of the linked files are copied to
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the new tree. Errors are reported to standard output.
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The source code for this should be considered an example rather than
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a tool.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{rmtree}{path\optional{, ignore_errors\optional{, onerror}}}
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\index{directory!deleting}
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Delete an entire directory tree. If \var{ignore_errors} is true,
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errors will be ignored; if false or omitted, errors are handled by
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calling a handler specified by \var{onerror} or raise an exception.
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If \var{onerror} is provided, it must be a callable that accepts
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three parameters: \var{function}, \var{path}, and \var{excinfo}.
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The first parameter, \var{function}, is the function which raised
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the exception; it will be \function{os.remove()} or
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\function{os.rmdir()}. The second parameter, \var{path}, will be
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the path name passed to \var{function}. The third parameter,
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\var{excinfo}, will be the exception information return by
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\function{sys.exc_info()}. Exceptions raised by \var{onerror} will
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not be caught.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Example \label{shutil-example}}
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This example is the implementation of the \function{copytree()}
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function, described above, with the docstring omitted.
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\begin{verbatim}
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def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=0):
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names = os.listdir(src)
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os.mkdir(dst)
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for name in names:
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srcname = os.path.join(src, name)
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dstname = os.path.join(dst, name)
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try:
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if symlinks and os.path.islink(srcname):
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linkto = os.readlink(srcname)
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os.symlink(linkto, dstname)
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elif os.path.isdir(srcname):
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copytree(srcname, dstname)
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else:
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copy2(srcname, dstname)
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# XXX What about devices, sockets etc.?
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except (IOError, os.error), why:
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print "Can't copy %s to %s: %s" % (`srcname`, `dstname`, str(why))
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\end{verbatim}
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