1 """Utility functions for copying files and directory trees.
3 XXX The functions here don't copy the resource fork or other metadata on Mac.
10 from os
.path
import abspath
13 __all__
= ["copyfileobj","copyfile","copymode","copystat","copy","copy2",
14 "copytree","move","rmtree","Error"]
16 class Error(EnvironmentError):
19 def copyfileobj(fsrc
, fdst
, length
=16*1024):
20 """copy data from file-like object fsrc to file-like object fdst"""
22 buf
= fsrc
.read(length
)
27 def _samefile(src
, dst
):
29 if hasattr(os
.path
,'samefile'):
31 return os
.path
.samefile(src
, dst
)
35 # All other platforms: check for same pathname.
36 return (os
.path
.normcase(os
.path
.abspath(src
)) ==
37 os
.path
.normcase(os
.path
.abspath(dst
)))
39 def copyfile(src
, dst
):
40 """Copy data from src to dst"""
41 if _samefile(src
, dst
):
42 raise Error
, "`%s` and `%s` are the same file" % (src
, dst
)
47 fsrc
= open(src
, 'rb')
48 fdst
= open(dst
, 'wb')
49 copyfileobj(fsrc
, fdst
)
56 def copymode(src
, dst
):
57 """Copy mode bits from src to dst"""
58 if hasattr(os
, 'chmod'):
60 mode
= stat
.S_IMODE(st
.st_mode
)
63 def copystat(src
, dst
):
64 """Copy all stat info (mode bits, atime, mtime, flags) from src to dst"""
66 mode
= stat
.S_IMODE(st
.st_mode
)
67 if hasattr(os
, 'utime'):
68 os
.utime(dst
, (st
.st_atime
, st
.st_mtime
))
69 if hasattr(os
, 'chmod'):
71 if hasattr(os
, 'chflags') and hasattr(st
, 'st_flags'):
72 os
.chflags(dst
, st
.st_flags
)
76 """Copy data and mode bits ("cp src dst").
78 The destination may be a directory.
81 if os
.path
.isdir(dst
):
82 dst
= os
.path
.join(dst
, os
.path
.basename(src
))
87 """Copy data and all stat info ("cp -p src dst").
89 The destination may be a directory.
92 if os
.path
.isdir(dst
):
93 dst
= os
.path
.join(dst
, os
.path
.basename(src
))
97 def ignore_patterns(*patterns
):
98 """Function that can be used as copytree() ignore parameter.
100 Patterns is a sequence of glob-style patterns
101 that are used to exclude files"""
102 def _ignore_patterns(path
, names
):
104 for pattern
in patterns
:
105 ignored_names
.extend(fnmatch
.filter(names
, pattern
))
106 return set(ignored_names
)
107 return _ignore_patterns
109 def copytree(src
, dst
, symlinks
=False, ignore
=None):
110 """Recursively copy a directory tree using copy2().
112 The destination directory must not already exist.
113 If exception(s) occur, an Error is raised with a list of reasons.
115 If the optional symlinks flag is true, symbolic links in the
116 source tree result in symbolic links in the destination tree; if
117 it is false, the contents of the files pointed to by symbolic
120 The optional ignore argument is a callable. If given, it
121 is called with the `src` parameter, which is the directory
122 being visited by copytree(), and `names` which is the list of
123 `src` contents, as returned by os.listdir():
125 callable(src, names) -> ignored_names
127 Since copytree() is called recursively, the callable will be
128 called once for each directory that is copied. It returns a
129 list of names relative to the `src` directory that should
132 XXX Consider this example code rather than the ultimate tool.
135 names
= os
.listdir(src
)
136 if ignore
is not None:
137 ignored_names
= ignore(src
, names
)
139 ignored_names
= set()
144 if name
in ignored_names
:
146 srcname
= os
.path
.join(src
, name
)
147 dstname
= os
.path
.join(dst
, name
)
149 if symlinks
and os
.path
.islink(srcname
):
150 linkto
= os
.readlink(srcname
)
151 os
.symlink(linkto
, dstname
)
152 elif os
.path
.isdir(srcname
):
153 copytree(srcname
, dstname
, symlinks
, ignore
)
155 copy2(srcname
, dstname
)
156 # XXX What about devices, sockets etc.?
157 except (IOError, os
.error
), why
:
158 errors
.append((srcname
, dstname
, str(why
)))
159 # catch the Error from the recursive copytree so that we can
160 # continue with other files
162 errors
.extend(err
.args
[0])
166 # can't copy file access times on Windows
169 errors
.extend((src
, dst
, str(why
)))
173 def rmtree(path
, ignore_errors
=False, onerror
=None):
174 """Recursively delete a directory tree.
176 If ignore_errors is set, errors are ignored; otherwise, if onerror
177 is set, it is called to handle the error with arguments (func,
178 path, exc_info) where func is os.listdir, os.remove, or os.rmdir;
179 path is the argument to that function that caused it to fail; and
180 exc_info is a tuple returned by sys.exc_info(). If ignore_errors
181 is false and onerror is None, an exception is raised.
187 elif onerror
is None:
191 if os
.path
.islink(path
):
192 # symlinks to directories are forbidden, see bug #1669
193 raise OSError("Cannot call rmtree on a symbolic link")
195 onerror(os
.path
.islink
, path
, sys
.exc_info())
196 # can't continue even if onerror hook returns
200 names
= os
.listdir(path
)
201 except os
.error
, err
:
202 onerror(os
.listdir
, path
, sys
.exc_info())
204 fullname
= os
.path
.join(path
, name
)
206 mode
= os
.lstat(fullname
).st_mode
209 if stat
.S_ISDIR(mode
):
210 rmtree(fullname
, ignore_errors
, onerror
)
214 except os
.error
, err
:
215 onerror(os
.remove
, fullname
, sys
.exc_info())
219 onerror(os
.rmdir
, path
, sys
.exc_info())
223 # A basename() variant which first strips the trailing slash, if present.
224 # Thus we always get the last component of the path, even for directories.
225 return os
.path
.basename(path
.rstrip(os
.path
.sep
))
228 """Recursively move a file or directory to another location. This is
229 similar to the Unix "mv" command.
231 If the destination is a directory or a symlink to a directory, the source
232 is moved inside the directory. The destination path must not already
235 If the destination already exists but is not a directory, it may be
236 overwritten depending on os.rename() semantics.
238 If the destination is on our current filesystem, then rename() is used.
239 Otherwise, src is copied to the destination and then removed.
240 A lot more could be done here... A look at a mv.c shows a lot of
241 the issues this implementation glosses over.
245 if os
.path
.isdir(dst
):
246 real_dst
= os
.path
.join(dst
, _basename(src
))
247 if os
.path
.exists(real_dst
):
248 raise Error
, "Destination path '%s' already exists" % real_dst
250 os
.rename(src
, real_dst
)
252 if os
.path
.isdir(src
):
253 if destinsrc(src
, dst
):
254 raise Error
, "Cannot move a directory '%s' into itself '%s'." % (src
, dst
)
255 copytree(src
, real_dst
, symlinks
=True)
261 def destinsrc(src
, dst
):
262 return abspath(dst
).startswith(abspath(src
))