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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/shutil.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/shutil.py | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py index bd4760f..dd12448 100644 --- a/Lib/shutil.py +++ b/Lib/shutil.py @@ -171,11 +171,15 @@ else: pass def copystat(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True): - """Copy all stat info (mode bits, atime, mtime, flags) from src to dst. + """Copy file metadata - If the optional flag `follow_symlinks` is not set, symlinks aren't followed if and - only if both `src` and `dst` are symlinks. + Copy the permission bits, last access time, last modification time, and + flags from `src` to `dst`. On Linux, copystat() also copies the "extended + attributes" where possible. The file contents, owner, and group are + unaffected. `src` and `dst` are path names given as strings. + If the optional flag `follow_symlinks` is not set, symlinks aren't + followed if and only if both `src` and `dst` are symlinks. """ def _nop(*args, ns=None, follow_symlinks=None): pass @@ -243,8 +247,10 @@ def copy(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True): return dst def copy2(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True): - """Copy data and all stat info ("cp -p src dst"). Return the file's - destination." + """Copy data and metadata. Return the file's destination. + + Metadata is copied with copystat(). Please see the copystat function + for more information. The destination may be a directory. |