On 9/23/2011 11:36 PM, Fletcher Johnson wrote:
The topic says it all: Why is shutil named shutil? What does it stand for? This is just a mild curiosity of mine. The shutil module for reference: http://docs.python.org/library/shutil.html#module-shutil
I think it would be nice if the doc explained. Feel free to open a doc issue to add '(sh-ell util-ities)' or something after "The shutil " and add me, terry.reedy, as nosy.
-- Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list