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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/shutil.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/shutil.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py index 95bebb8..5f69fb7 100644 --- a/Lib/shutil.py +++ b/Lib/shutil.py @@ -356,7 +356,10 @@ def move(src, dst): overwritten depending on os.rename() semantics. If the destination is on our current filesystem, then rename() is used. - Otherwise, src is copied to the destination and then removed. + Otherwise, src is copied to the destination and then removed. Symlinks are + recreated under the new name if os.rename() fails because of cross + filesystem renames. + A lot more could be done here... A look at a mv.c shows a lot of the issues this implementation glosses over. @@ -375,7 +378,11 @@ def move(src, dst): try: os.rename(src, real_dst) except OSError: - if os.path.isdir(src): + if os.path.islink(src): + linkto = os.readlink(src) + os.symlink(linkto, real_dst) + os.unlink(src) + elif os.path.isdir(src): if _destinsrc(src, dst): raise Error("Cannot move a directory '%s' into itself '%s'." % (src, dst)) copytree(src, real_dst, symlinks=True) |