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-rw-r--r--Lib/shutil.py6
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_shutil.py16
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 5341786..10b7a27 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import os
import sys
import stat
import exceptions
+from os.path import abspath
__all__ = ["copyfileobj","copyfile","copymode","copystat","copy","copy2",
"copytree","move","rmtree","Error"]
@@ -164,8 +165,13 @@ def move(src, dst):
os.rename(src, dst)
except OSError:
if os.path.isdir(src):
+ if destinsrc(src, dst):
+ raise Error, "Cannot move a directory '%s' into itself '%s'." % (src, dst)
copytree(src, dst, symlinks=True)
rmtree(src)
else:
copy2(src,dst)
os.unlink(src)
+
+def destinsrc(src, dst):
+ return abspath(dst).startswith(abspath(src))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 3a39ec9..05f34d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
import unittest
import shutil
import tempfile
+import os
+import os.path
from test import test_support
class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -12,11 +14,21 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(OSError, shutil.rmtree, filename)
self.assertEqual(shutil.rmtree(filename, True), None)
+ def test_dont_move_dir_in_itself(self):
+ src_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+ try:
+ dst = os.path.join(src_dir, 'foo')
+ self.assertRaises(shutil.Error, shutil.move, src_dir, dst)
+ finally:
+ try:
+ os.rmdir(src_dir)
+ except:
+ pass
+
+
-
def test_main():
test_support.run_unittest(TestShutil)
-
if __name__ == '__main__':
test_main()
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 61f857b..3347c6f 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ Christos Georgiou
Ben Gertzfield
Dinu Gherman
Jonathan Giddy
+Johannes Gijsbers
Michael Gilfix
Chris Gonnerman
David Goodger
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6d6dfe9..b3096ca 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ Extension modules
Library
-------
+- Bug #919012: shutil.move() will not try to move a directory into itself.
+ Thanks Johannes Gijsbers.
+
- Bug #934282: pydoc.stripid() is now case-insensitive. Thanks Robin Becker.
- Bug #823209: cmath.log() now takes an optional base argument so that its