> > Is there an (unstated) reason why you're using Python and not a system > tool such as rsync? >
It's part of a larger application which needs to copy files from a number of locations, not all of which are filesystems on local or remote hosts (think zip archives, s3 buckets, tar files, etc). In that application, I am using the fs package (PyFilesystem). Since it collects files from a number of locations (some static, some updated monthly, some daily), it would be handy if I could preserve file timestamps for post mortem debugging. Skip -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
