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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-05-02 14:51:07 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-05-02 14:51:07 (GMT) |
| commit | bba721d0fa7832fd9dbdde44ba39f19755513303 (patch) | |
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gh-84714: Add behavior if dst file exists (GH-91867)
(cherry picked from commit 9166ace805d915c8a918cd89fff0e58b65e3327c)
Co-authored-by: slateny <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index 8ce0e80..403df45 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ Directory and files operations Copies the file *src* to the file or directory *dst*. *src* and *dst* should be :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>` or strings. If *dst* specifies a directory, the file will be copied into *dst* using the - base filename from *src*. Returns the path to the newly created file. + base filename from *src*. If *dst* specifies a file that already exists, + it will be replaced. Returns the path to the newly created file. If *follow_symlinks* is false, and *src* is a symbolic link, *dst* will be created as a symbolic link. If *follow_symlinks* |