[Tutor] File copying - best way?

[Danny Yoo]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 fleet@teachout.org wrote:

> 
> Thanks again, Michael.  Thanks also to that electric personality, Tesla
> Coil! :)
> 
> >From a beginner's perspective, I'm finding this constant ongoing discovery
> of additional modules a little disconcerting.  For a 24-line (so far)
> shell script, I now have 5 modules to import.  (And if I remove the "try"
> tests, only 8 lines!) Is there a list somewhere that breaks the modules
> down into categories such as "file handling" (and that includes ALL the
> modules pertaining to file handling)?

You might find:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/lib.html

what you're looking for.  It's organized in a nice, large, disconcerting
table of contents.  *grin*

If you have more questions, feel free to ask!