setuptools._distutils.file_util

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distutils.file_util Utility functions for operating on single files.

Function copy_file Copy a file 'src' to 'dst'. If 'dst' is a directory, then 'src' is copied there with the same name; otherwise, it must be a filename. (If the file exists, it will be ruthlessly clobbered.) If 'preserve_mode' is true (the default), the file's mode (type and permission bits, or whatever is analogous on the current platform) is copied...
Function move_file Move a file 'src' to 'dst'. If 'dst' is a directory, the file will be moved into it with the same name; otherwise, 'src' is just renamed to 'dst'. Return the new full name of the file.
Function write_file Create a file with the specified name and write 'contents' (a sequence of strings without line terminators) to it.
Function _copy_file_contents Copy the file 'src' to 'dst'; both must be filenames. Any error opening either file, reading from 'src', or writing to 'dst', raises DistutilsFileError. Data is read/written in chunks of 'buffer_size' bytes (default 16k)...
Variable _copy_action Undocumented
def copy_file(src, dst, preserve_mode=1, preserve_times=1, update=0, link=None, verbose=1, dry_run=0): (source)

Copy a file 'src' to 'dst'. If 'dst' is a directory, then 'src' is copied there with the same name; otherwise, it must be a filename. (If the file exists, it will be ruthlessly clobbered.) If 'preserve_mode' is true (the default), the file's mode (type and permission bits, or whatever is analogous on the current platform) is copied. If 'preserve_times' is true (the default), the last-modified and last-access times are copied as well. If 'update' is true, 'src' will only be copied if 'dst' does not exist, or if 'dst' does exist but is older than 'src'. 'link' allows you to make hard links (os.link) or symbolic links (os.symlink) instead of copying: set it to "hard" or "sym"; if it is None (the default), files are copied. Don't set 'link' on systems that don't support it: 'copy_file()' doesn't check if hard or symbolic linking is available. If hardlink fails, falls back to _copy_file_contents(). Under Mac OS, uses the native file copy function in macostools; on other systems, uses '_copy_file_contents()' to copy file contents. Return a tuple (dest_name, copied): 'dest_name' is the actual name of the output file, and 'copied' is true if the file was copied (or would have been copied, if 'dry_run' true).

def move_file(src, dst, verbose=1, dry_run=0): (source)

Move a file 'src' to 'dst'. If 'dst' is a directory, the file will be moved into it with the same name; otherwise, 'src' is just renamed to 'dst'. Return the new full name of the file. Handles cross-device moves on Unix using 'copy_file()'. What about other systems???

def write_file(filename, contents): (source)

Create a file with the specified name and write 'contents' (a sequence of strings without line terminators) to it.

def _copy_file_contents(src, dst, buffer_size=16*1024): (source)

Copy the file 'src' to 'dst'; both must be filenames. Any error opening either file, reading from 'src', or writing to 'dst', raises DistutilsFileError. Data is read/written in chunks of 'buffer_size' bytes (default 16k). No attempt is made to handle anything apart from regular files.

_copy_action: dict = (source)

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