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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-16 13:18:50 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-16 13:18:50 (GMT)
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#2845: fix copy2's docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
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@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
.. function:: copy2(src, dst)
- Similar to :func:`copy`, but last access time and last modification time are
- copied as well. This is similar to the Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
+ Similar to :func:`copy`, but metadata is copied as well -- in fact, this is just
+ :func:`copy` followed by :func:`copystat`. This is similar to the
+ Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
.. function:: copytree(src, dst[, symlinks])