[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

R. David Murray added the comment: Since I spent some time thinking about this, I want to leave some notes: The linux 'mv' command issues the following prompt: > mv t2/myfile t1 mv: try to overwrite ‘t1/myfile’, overriding mode (-)? So modern linux, at least, will not overwrit

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Brett Cannon added the comment: Closing since everyone seems to agree that the current behaviour is fine and Tarek has not said anything since being assigned the bug. -- nosy: +brett.cannon resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python t

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Greg Roodt added the comment: I can add some more info to the docs if anybody feels they are required, but I think they are sufficient. It already mentions that it copies file contents and that the correct permissions are required. This is mentioned in the docs for shutil.copyfile: The desti

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Éric Araujo added the comment: Would a doc clarification be useful? -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Uns

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Greg Roodt added the comment: I believe this can be closed. shutil.copyfile attempts to copy file contents from src to dst, so it makes sense for this to fail if dst is read-only. shutil.move replaces the dst, which is permitted based on directory permissions. -- nosy: +groodt _

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- stage: unit test needed -> type: behavior -> feature request versions: -Python 2.7, Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: I agree that this follows Unix behaviour: a read-only file is a file whose contents cannot be modified, but you can replace it with another totally different file. You can also delete it, by the way (*). Also, even if this weren't the desired behaviour, chang

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Brian Curtin added the comment: I haven't had time to investigate but it shouldn't be closed just yet. Someone will get to it. -- resolution: invalid -> status: closed -> open ___ Python tracker __

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Mark Lawrence added the comment: No reply to msg114985. -- resolution: -> invalid status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Brian, Tim, any comments on this wrt Windows or do you think this can be closed? Could there be an impact on any other OS? I'll close if there's no response, unless someone else feels fit to close this anyway. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy, brian.curtin, tim

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Brian Brazil added the comment: Here's a quick test: Python 3.2a1+ (py3k:83811, Aug 8 2010, 09:00:22) [GCC 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os, shutil >>> open('a', 'w').write('a') 1 >>> open('b', 'w').w

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Éric Araujo added the comment: Is this bug still relevant? -- assignee: -> tarek nosy: +merwok, tarek ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Changes by Daniel Diniz : -- keywords: +easy ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.pyth

[issue1076515] shutil.move clobbers read-only files.

Changes by Daniel Diniz : -- dependencies: +shutil.copyfile fails when dst exists read-only stage: -> test needed type: -> behavior versions: +Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker _