[issue2639] shutil.copyfile() documentation is vague

2008-04-19 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Fixed in r62389. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ _

[issue2639] shutil.copyfile() documentation is vague

2008-04-15 Thread Roy Smith
Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Reading closer, I see that copy() has the shell-like semantics I was expecting copyfile() to have. Perhaps the right fix is to include a note in the copyfile() docs saying, "dst must be a file path; see also copy() for a version which allows ds

[issue2639] shutil.copyfile() documentation is vague

2008-04-15 Thread Roy Smith
New submission from Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The current doc says, "Copy the contents of the file named src to a file named dst". Anybody used to the unix shell "cp" command would assume that dst could be a directory, in which case the true destination is a file in that directory with t