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shutil.move(): Add ability to use custom copy function to allow to ignore metadata #64039

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desbma mannequin opened this issue Nov 30, 2013 · 8 comments
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shutil.move(): Add ability to use custom copy function to allow to ignore metadata #64039

desbma mannequin opened this issue Nov 30, 2013 · 8 comments
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desbma mannequin commented Nov 30, 2013

BPO 19840
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  • shutil.patch
  • issue19840.patch: Fix trailing whitespaces.
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labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'shutil.move(): Add ability to use custom copy function to allow to ignore metadata'
updated_at = <Date 2014-06-11.18:41:21.736>
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    desbma mannequin commented Nov 30, 2013

    shutil.move sometimes fail when the underlining filesystem has limitations.

    Here is a part of a stacktrace I'm getting :

    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/shutil.py", line 534, in move
    copy2(src, real_dst)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/shutil.py", line 244, in copy2
    copystat(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/shutil.py", line 192, in copystat
    lookup("chmod")(dst, mode, follow_symlinks=follow)
    OSError: [Errno 38]

    This behaviour is expected because shutil.move uses shutil.copy2 under the hood to copy file data and metadata.

    However there is no way to tell shutil.move to use shutil.copy and to ignore metadata.

    Maybe a new copy_metadata parameter (defaulting to True) or copy_function (like in shutil.copytree) would be an elegant solution?

    @desbma desbma mannequin added stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-feature A feature request or enhancement labels Nov 30, 2013
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    Note that the equivalent linux command generates a warning message but does the move anyway. In other words, this seems like a very reasonable request ;)

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    PCManticore mannequin commented Dec 1, 2013

    Hi. Here's a patch which adds copy_function parameter to shutil.move.

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    PCManticore mannequin commented Jun 10, 2014

    Any type of feedback will be appreciated.

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    Review comments added. Patch looks good after the doc fixes. We also need a whatsnew entry.

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    PCManticore mannequin commented Jun 10, 2014

    Thanks, David. The new version of the patch is attached.

    @Arfrever Arfrever mannequin changed the title The is no way to tell shutil.move to ignore metadata shutil.move(): Add ability to use custom copy function to allow to ignore metadata Jun 10, 2014
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    python-dev mannequin commented Jun 11, 2014

    New changeset 0d61a2a50f9f by R David Murray in branch 'default':
    bpo-19840: Add copy_function to shutil.move.
    http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0d61a2a50f9f

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    Thanks, Claudiu.

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