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| 54 | 10.12 <tt class="module">distutils.file_util</tt> -- Single file operations</A> |
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| 56 | <A NAME="module-distutils.fileutil"></A> |
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| 58 | <P> |
| 59 | This module contains some utility functions for operating on individual files. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | <P> |
| 62 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 63 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-75' xml:id='l2h-75' class="function">copy_file</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 64 | <td><var>src, dst</var><big>[</big><var>preserve_mode=<code>1</code>, preserve_times=<code>1</code>, update=<code>0</code>, link=<code>None</code>, verbose=<code>0</code>, dry_run=<code>0</code></var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 65 | <dd> |
| 66 | Copy file <var>src</var> to <var>dst</var>. If <var>dst</var> is a directory, then |
| 67 | <var>src</var> is copied there with the same name; otherwise, it must be a |
| 68 | filename. (If the file exists, it will be ruthlessly clobbered.) If |
| 69 | <var>preserve_mode</var> is true (the default), the file's mode (type and |
| 70 | permission bits, or whatever is analogous on the current platform) is |
| 71 | copied. If <var>preserve_times</var> is true (the default), the last-modified |
| 72 | and last-access times are copied as well. If <var>update</var> is true, |
| 73 | <var>src</var> will only be copied if <var>dst</var> does not exist, or if |
| 74 | <var>dst</var> does exist but is older than <var>src</var>. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | <P> |
| 77 | <var>link</var> allows you to make hard links (using <tt class="function">os.link</tt>) or |
| 78 | symbolic links (using <tt class="function">os.symlink</tt>) instead of copying: set it |
| 79 | to <code>'hard'</code> or <code>'sym'</code>; if it is <code>None</code> (the default), |
| 80 | files are copied. Don't set <var>link</var> on systems that don't support |
| 81 | it: <tt class="function">copy_file()</tt> doesn't check if hard or symbolic linking is |
| 82 | available. It uses <tt class="function">_copy_file_contents()</tt> to copy file contents. |
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| 85 | Return a tuple "<tt class="samp">(dest_name, copied)</tt>": <var>dest_name</var> is the actual |
| 86 | name of the output file, and <var>copied</var> is true if the file was copied |
| 87 | (or would have been copied, if <var>dry_run</var> true). |
| 88 | </dl> |
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| 92 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-76' xml:id='l2h-76' class="function">move_file</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 93 | <td><var>src, dst</var><big>[</big><var>verbose, dry_run</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 94 | <dd> |
| 95 | Move file <var>src</var> to <var>dst</var>. If <var>dst</var> is a directory, the file will |
| 96 | be moved into it with the same name; otherwise, <var>src</var> is just renamed |
| 97 | to <var>dst</var>. Returns the new full name of the file. |
| 98 | <span class="warning"><b class="label">Warning:</b> |
| 99 | Handles cross-device moves on Unix using <tt class="function">copy_file()</tt>. |
| 100 | What about other systems???</span> |
| 101 | </dl> |
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| 106 | <td><var>filename, contents</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 107 | <dd> |
| 108 | Create a file called <var>filename</var> and write <var>contents</var> (a |
| 109 | sequence of strings without line terminators) to it. |
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