[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

Guido van Rossum added the comment: 3.9 only! -- nosy: +gvanrossum resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.9 -Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset cf57cabef82c4689ce9796bb1fcdb125fa05efcb by Miss Islington (bot) (Maxwell A McKinnon) in branch 'master': bpo-32689: Updates shutil.move to allow for Path objects to be used as source arg (GH-15326)

[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

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[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

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[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

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[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

Emily Morehouse added the comment: Ah, you're right. That was a typo when I was redacting my full path. The path object remains unchanged even though the directory has moved. Should have been: >>> import os, pathlib, shutil >>> os.mkdir('test1') >>>

[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

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[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

Craig Holmquist added the comment: In my test, the second call to path.absolute() is just returning the same result as the first call, which is what I would expect (as you say, the path object doesn't update automatically). However, your output shows it returning

[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

Emily Morehouse added the comment: Thanks for the bug report! shutil.move should certainly accept a path object, as shutil.copy does, though it should be noted that in your example, 'path' could become out of date as it does not refresh the path information. For

[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

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[issue32689] shutil.move raises AttributeError if first argument is a pathlib.Path object and destination is a directory

New submission from Craig Holmquist : >>> import os, pathlib, shutil >>> os.mkdir('test1') >>> os.mkdir('test2') >>> path = pathlib.Path('test1') >>> shutil.move(path, 'test2') Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/usr/lib/python3.6/shutil.py",