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| author | Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org> | 2012-07-15 00:55:11 (GMT) |
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| committer | Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org> | 2012-07-15 00:55:11 (GMT) |
| commit | ad5ae0456e64036d1f39a15c214c2f394a8fb9c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 379c65057bb04c36b9509b44d0a5c9db68758827 /Doc/library/shutil.rst | |
| parent | 7c6309c6afebecd9cefe7c547b87cf23abcbe2a3 (diff) | |
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- Issue #15238: shutil.copystat now copies Linux "extended attributes".
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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index c3947bb..e8dde06 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ Directory and files operations from *src* to *dst*. The file contents, owner, and group are unaffected. *src* and *dst* are path names given as strings. If *src* and *dst* are both symbolic links and *symlinks* true, the stats of the link will be copied as - far as the platform allows. + far as the platform allows. On Linux, :func:`copystat` also copies the + "extended attributes" where possible. .. versionchanged:: 3.3 - Added *symlinks* argument. + Added *symlinks* argument and support for Linux extended attributes. .. function:: copy(src, dst, symlinks=False) |