Python ShUtil
Contents
Usage
ChOwn
Copy
Copy the contents of a file to another file (or directory). File permissions are also copied.
from pathlib import Path
import shutil
p = Path('.')
original = p.joinpath('build')
destination = p.joinpath('archive')
for f in original.iterdir():
shutil.copy(f, destination)If the source and destination filenames represent the same file, shutuil.SameFileError is raised.
If the destination is not writeable, OSError is raised.
Copy2
Same as copy but tries to preserve metadata.
CopyFile
Copy the contents of a file to another file. No metadata is copied.
from pathlib import Path
import shutil
p = Path('.')
original = p.joinpath('build')
destination = p.joinpath('archive')
for f in original.iterdir():
shutil.copyfile(f, destination.joinpath(f.name))If the source and destination filenames represent the same file, shutuil.SameFileError is raised.
If the destination is not writeable, OSError is raised.
CopyMode
CopyStat
CopyTree
Disk_Usage
Get_Archive_Formats
Get_Terminal_Size
Get_Unpack_Formats
Make_Archive
Move
RmTree
Unpack_Archive
Which
See also
Python shutil module documentation
Python Module of the Day article for shutil