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| 54 | 10.11 <tt class="module">distutils.dir_util</tt> -- Directory tree operations</A> |
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| 56 | <A NAME="module-distutils.dirutil"></A> |
| 57 | |
| 58 | <P> |
| 59 | This module provides functions for operating on directories and trees |
| 60 | of directories. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | <P> |
| 63 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 64 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-70' xml:id='l2h-70' class="function">mkpath</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 65 | <td><var>name</var><big>[</big><var>, mode=<code>0777</code>, verbose=<code>0</code>, dry_run=<code>0</code></var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 66 | <dd> |
| 67 | Create a directory and any missing ancestor directories. If the |
| 68 | directory already exists (or if <var>name</var> is the empty string, which |
| 69 | means the current directory, which of course exists), then do |
| 70 | nothing. Raise <tt class="exception">DistutilsFileError</tt> if unable to create some |
| 71 | directory along the way (eg. some sub-path exists, but is a file |
| 72 | rather than a directory). If <var>verbose</var> is true, print a one-line |
| 73 | summary of each mkdir to stdout. Return the list of directories |
| 74 | actually created. |
| 75 | </dl> |
| 76 | |
| 77 | <P> |
| 78 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 79 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-71' xml:id='l2h-71' class="function">create_tree</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 80 | <td><var>base_dir, files</var><big>[</big><var>, mode=<code>0777</code>, verbose=<code>0</code>, dry_run=<code>0</code></var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 81 | <dd> |
| 82 | Create all the empty directories under <var>base_dir</var> needed to |
| 83 | put <var>files</var> there. <var>base_dir</var> is just the a name of a directory |
| 84 | which doesn't necessarily exist yet; <var>files</var> is a list of filenames |
| 85 | to be interpreted relative to <var>base_dir</var>. <var>base_dir</var> + the |
| 86 | directory portion of every file in <var>files</var> will be created if it |
| 87 | doesn't already exist. <var>mode</var>, <var>verbose</var> and <var>dry_run</var> flags |
| 88 | are as for <tt class="function">mkpath()</tt>. |
| 89 | </dl> |
| 90 | |
| 91 | <P> |
| 92 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 93 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-72' xml:id='l2h-72' class="function">copy_tree</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 94 | <td><var>src, dst</var><big>[</big><var>preserve_mode=<code>1</code>, preserve_times=<code>1</code>, preserve_symlinks=<code>0</code>, update=<code>0</code>, verbose=<code>0</code>, dry_run=<code>0</code></var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 95 | <dd> |
| 96 | Copy an entire directory tree <var>src</var> to a new location <var>dst</var>. Both |
| 97 | <var>src</var> and <var>dst</var> must be directory names. If <var>src</var> is not a |
| 98 | directory, raise <tt class="exception">DistutilsFileError</tt>. If <var>dst</var> does |
| 99 | not exist, it is created with <tt class="function">mkpath()</tt>. The end result of the |
| 100 | copy is that every file in <var>src</var> is copied to <var>dst</var>, and |
| 101 | directories under <var>src</var> are recursively copied to <var>dst</var>. |
| 102 | Return the list of files that were copied or might have been copied, |
| 103 | using their output name. The return value is unaffected by <var>update</var> |
| 104 | or <var>dry_run</var>: it is simply the list of all files under <var>src</var>, |
| 105 | with the names changed to be under <var>dst</var>. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | <P> |
| 108 | <var>preserve_mode</var> and <var>preserve_times</var> are the same as for |
| 109 | <tt class="function">copy_file</tt> in <tt class="module"><a href="module-distutils.fileutil.html">distutils.file_util</a></tt>; |
| 110 | note that they only apply to regular files, not to directories. If |
| 111 | <var>preserve_symlinks</var> is true, symlinks will be copied as symlinks |
| 112 | (on platforms that support them!); otherwise (the default), the |
| 113 | destination of the symlink will be copied. <var>update</var> and |
| 114 | <var>verbose</var> are the same as for |
| 115 | <tt class="function">copy_file()</tt>. |
| 116 | </dl> |
| 117 | |
| 118 | <P> |
| 119 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 120 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-73' xml:id='l2h-73' class="function">remove_tree</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 121 | <td><var>directory</var><big>[</big><var>verbose=<code>0</code>, dry_run=<code>0</code></var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 122 | <dd> |
| 123 | Recursively remove <var>directory</var> and all files and directories underneath |
| 124 | it. Any errors are ignored (apart from being reported to <code>sys.stdout</code> if |
| 125 | <var>verbose</var> is true). |
| 126 | </dl> |
| 127 | |
| 128 | <P> |
| 129 | <b class="du-xxx">Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module?</b> |
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