From 9166ace805d915c8a918cd89fff0e58b65e3327c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: slateny <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 07:31:55 -0700 Subject: gh-84714: Add behavior if dst file exists (#91867) --- Doc/library/shutil.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index 75ffb79..cb72ff6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ Directory and files operations Copies the file *src* to the file or directory *dst*. *src* and *dst* should be :term:`path-like objects ` or strings. If *dst* specifies a directory, the file will be copied into *dst* using the - base filename from *src*. Returns the path to the newly created file. + base filename from *src*. If *dst* specifies a file that already exists, + it will be replaced. Returns the path to the newly created file. If *follow_symlinks* is false, and *src* is a symbolic link, *dst* will be created as a symbolic link. If *follow_symlinks* -- cgit v0.12