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Author	belopolsky
Recipients	belopolsky, igs
Date	2008-05-14.14:48:22
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Message-id	<1210776546.63.0.0122692897129.issue2845@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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This seems to be a documentation issue. """ shutil.copy2(src, dst) Similar to copy(), but last access time and last modification time are copied as well. This is similar to the Unix command cp -p. """ -- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2 Does not mention permissions while """ $ pydoc shutil.copy2 shutil.copy2 = copy2(src, dst) Copy data and all stat info ("cp -p src dst"). """ implies that the permissions should be copied. Maybe the documentation should simply recite the implementation: copy2 is copyfile follwed by copystat.

This seems to be a documentation issue.

"""
shutil.copy2(src, dst)
Similar to copy(), but last access time and last modification time are 
copied as well. This is similar to the Unix command cp -p.
""" -- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2

Does not mention permissions while

"""
$ pydoc shutil.copy2
shutil.copy2 = copy2(src, dst)
    Copy data and all stat info ("cp -p src dst").
"""

implies that the permissions should be copied.

Maybe the documentation should simply recite the implementation: copy2 
is copyfile follwed by copystat.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-05-14 14:49:21	belopolsky	set	spambayes_score: 0.0407654 -> 0.040765397 recipients: + belopolsky, igs
2008-05-14 14:49:07	belopolsky	set	spambayes_score: 0.0407654 -> 0.0407654 messageid: <1210776546.63.0.0122692897129.issue2845@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-05-14 14:48:57	belopolsky	link	issue2845 messages
2008-05-14 14:48:50	belopolsky	create