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clarify behavior of shutil.move when destination exists (closes #22933)

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Patch by Mike Short.
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Benjamin Peterson 2015-03-22 10:11:54 -04:00
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@ -287,12 +287,9 @@ Directory and files operations
Recursively move a file or directory (*src*) to another location (*dst*)
and return the destination.
If the destination is a directory or a symlink to a directory, then *src* is
moved inside that directory.
The destination directory must not already exist. If the destination already
exists but is not a directory, it may be overwritten depending on
:func:`os.rename` semantics.
If the destination is an existing directory, then *src* is moved inside that
directory. If the destination already exists but is not a directory, it may
be overwritten depending on :func:`os.rename` semantics.
If the destination is on the current filesystem, then :func:`os.rename` is
used. Otherwise, *src* is copied (using :func:`shutil.copy2`) to *dst* and