Questions tagged [copytree]

Use this tag for questions relevant to the `copytree()` function, from the shutil module of Python.

Quoting the ref:

shutil.copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None)

Recursively copy an entire directory tree rooted at src. The destination directory, named by dst, must not already exist; it will be created as well as missing parent directories. Permissions and times of directories are copied with copystat(), individual files are copied using shutil.copy2().

is used for questions that are using the shutil module of Python, and have to do with the act of copying an entire directory, with or without manipulating it (e.g. filtering it).

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CopyTree method in python

I am using the copy tree library in python (example below) however I want the script to copy the whole folder and not just the contents inside the folder. Would addition or modification would I need to rectify this issue import copy_tree from…
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Problem while recursively and selectively copying a folder in python scipt

I want to make a python script that recursively copies from src to dest and and I also want to make some rules like it shoudn't copy .py files or .log files. I have to tried ignore_pattern but using shutil.copyfile . All the files are getting copied…
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Python. Copy Files and Folders to existing directory

How can I copy all contents (including folders) from folder A to the existing folder B with Python?
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