Copying files in Python

[Ben Finney]

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 03:26:33 GMT, Russell Lear wrote:
> A simple question from a python beginner: How do I do 'cp -p source
> destination' where source could be a list of files and destination
> could be a file or directory (I could break the operation up if it
> must be file to file)?  Perserving file creation time is important.
> Platform independence also nice.

The 'shutil' module is your friend:

    <http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-shutil.html>

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