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#1492704: Make shutil.copyfile() raise a distinct SameFileError

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Patch by Atsuo Ishimoto.
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Hynek Schlawack 2012-07-19 20:23:49 +02:00
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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Directory and files operations
Copy the contents (no metadata) of the file named *src* to a file named
*dst* and return *dst*. *dst* must be the complete target file name; look at
:func:`shutil.copy` for a copy that accepts a target directory path. If
*src* and *dst* are the same files, :exc:`Error` is raised.
*src* and *dst* are the same files, :exc:`SameFileError` is raised.
The destination location must be writable; otherwise, an :exc:`OSError` exception
will be raised. If *dst* already exists, it will be replaced. Special files
@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ Directory and files operations
:exc:`IOError` used to be raised instead of :exc:`OSError`.
Added *follow_symlinks* argument.
Now returns *dst*.
Raise :exc:`SameFileError` instead of :exc:`Error`.
.. exception:: SameFileError
This exception is raised if source and destination in :func:`copyfile`
are the same file.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
.. function:: copymode(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True)