file copy shutil

[Michael Hudson]

heavens7s at hotmail.com (Joe) writes:

> I see this on python.org
> 
> "Caveat: On MacOS, the resource fork and other metadata are not used.
> For file copies, this means that resources will be lost and file type
> and creator codes will not be correct."
> 
> Is there a way to copy files correctly on BOTH Mac and Windows?  I am
> trying to write a utility that will work on both platforms identically
> since I am in a mixed environment network.  Thanks.

Look at distutils.file_util (or someting like that...)

Cheers,
mwh

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