Python Module shutil

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Overview

The shutil module offers high-level operations on files and collections of files. In particular, functions are provided which support file copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the os module.

Recursively Copy a Directory

import shutil

shutil.copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None, copy_function=copy2, ignore_dangling_symlinks=False, dirs_exist_ok=False)

Arguments

ignore

Organizatorium

from shutil import which
for i in m:
  print("{:20}{:7}".format(m[i], "OK" if which(i) else "missing"))