write a file "copy" program in Python for Unix and Windows...

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello Ben,

> I need to write a program to "copy" files and preserved the files'
> atime, mtime, ctime, file permissions. I also need to have this
> program working in Unix and Windows, where the "Archive"
> attribute on the file also has to be preserved (any more
> Windows idiosyncrasies?).
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-shutil.html

HTH.
Miki