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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-12-05 15:32:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-12-05 15:32:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 905e0f65ba0f740783ae1542b3dfdfdfc52f8ecf (patch) | |
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#4478: document that copyfile() can raise Error.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index 944b9f1..b409bb7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the Copy the contents (no metadata) of the file named *src* to a file named *dst*. *dst* must be the complete target file name; look at :func:`copy` for a copy that - accepts a target directory path. + accepts a target directory path. If *src* and *dst* are the same files, + :exc:`Error` is raised. The destination location must be writable; otherwise, an :exc:`IOError` exception will be raised. If *dst* already exists, it will be replaced. Special files such as character or block devices and pipes cannot be copied with this |