[Python-ideas] Re: Add symlinks option at shutil.move parameters

2019-12-19 Thread Guido van Rossum
A quick look at the docs shows what the OP is likely after. The function has this signature: shutil.move(*src*, *dst*, *copy_function=copy2*)ΒΆ The copy_function argument is a

[Python-ideas] Re: Add symlinks option at shutil.move parameters

2019-12-19 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 01:48:22PM -, Namjun Kim wrote: > I think shutil.move method should provide a symlinks parameter. What will it do? What behaviour will it change? Please be precise: what values does the parameter take, what is the default (if any), what effect does it have. You have