> In article <280CB56A-89B8-4D62-9374-D769B3ACFEBB at semanchuk.com>, > Philip Semanchuk <philip at semanchuk.com> wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:02 AM, <jyoung79 at kc.rr.com> <jyoung79 at > > kc.rr.com> > > wrote: > > > I'm considering using os.rename or shutil for renaming > > > files on OS X (Snow Leopard)…
> os.rename() is a simple wrapper around the standard rename system call > (man 2 rename) so it has the same semantics. Extended attributes, > including resource forks, are preserved by rename(2). Note that the > system call only works for renames within one file system. The mv(1) > program handles cross-system renames by copying and unlinking and the > Apple-supplied version does copy extended attribute metadata in that > case. As documented, none of the shutil copy functions do that. > > The OS X command xattr shows whether or not a file has extended > > attributes, > The 'ls -l' command does as well: > $ ls -l a.jpg > -rw-r--r--@ 1 nad staff 2425268 Apr 4 16:30 a.jpg > $ ls -l@ a.jpg > -rw-r--r--@ 1 nad staff 2425268 Apr 4 16:30 a.jpg > com.apple.FinderInfo 32 Hi Ned, Thanks so much for this detail! I didn't even realize there was a standard rename system call - it's always nice learning something new about this system. Again, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. This is exactly what I was looking for! Jay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list