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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/file_util.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py index a73db42..2d0148f 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py @@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ def copy_file (src, dst, on other systems, uses '_copy_file_contents()' to copy file contents. - Return true if the file was copied (or would have been copied), - false otherwise (ie. 'update' was true and the destination is - up-to-date).""" + Return the name of the destination file, whether it was actually + copied or not.""" # XXX if the destination file already exists, we clobber it if # copying, but blow up if linking. Hmmm. And I don't know what @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst, if update and not newer (src, dst): if verbose: print "not copying %s (output up-to-date)" % src - return 0 + return dst try: action = _copy_action[link] @@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst, print "%s %s -> %s" % (action, src, dst) if dry_run: - return 1 + return dst # On a Mac, use the native file copy routine if os.name == 'mac': @@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst, if preserve_mode: os.chmod (dst, S_IMODE (st[ST_MODE])) - return 1 + return dst # copy_file () |