On Sep 23, 11:58 pm, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Fletcher Johnson <flt.john...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The topic says it all: > > Why is shutil named shutil? What does it stand for? This is just a > > mild curiosity of mine. > > "sh" is short for "shell", in line with Unix convention, where the > default shell is located at > /bin/sh.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(computing)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell > > "util" is short for "utilities". > > shutil is a utility module used to accomplish tasks which one often > does when in the shell, such as copying, moving, or removing directory > trees. But shutil (to my knowledge) is not implemented using shell > commands or by running external programs, so it thus avoids a whole > host of shell-related issues. > > It's not the best name, but what with backwards compatibility and all, > it's unlikely to change any time soon. > > Cheers, > Chris > --http://rebertia.com
I had a hunch it might have been that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
