[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-490168 ] shutil.copy(path, path) deletes contents

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Bugs item #490168, was opened at 2001-12-07 01:16
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.1.1
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: shutil.copy(path, path) deletes contents

Initial Comment:
If source equals destination path the contents of the 
file is deleted.

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>Comment By: Michael Hudson (mwh)
Date: 2001-12-10 02:42

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To the OP, if you're paying attention: shutil is pretty
useless.  You might consider using distutils.file_util
instead (though I don't know if that suffers from this
"problem").

I wanted to do somthing about this before 2.2, sigh...

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-12-08 09:17

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I know the Unix 'cp' command tests for this condition, but
shouldn't this fall in the category of "don't do that, then"
in the Python world? How stupid do we expect the programmer
to be?

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