I was about to submit a bug report, but while testing I have figured out
that my specific problem has been solved in Python 2.7 (server that I
was using had 2.6 on it). You can see the differences here:
2.6: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/b9a95ce2692c/Lib/shutil.py
2.7: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/d30482d51c25/Lib/shutil.py
You'll notice that in move(), there is now a check for the same file,
which if they're not the same file you don't get unexpected deleted
files. If you still think I should submit a bug report let me know and
provide me with the test case...or just submit the bug yourself.
-Dave
P.S. Sorry for the original poor subject line, was a place holder
that I forgot to change.
On 10/22/2011 5:00 AM, python-list-requ...@python.org wrote:
Subject:
Re: shutil _isindir
From:
Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>
Date:
10/22/2011 4:03 AM
To:
python-list@python.org
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:13:06 -0500, David Hoese wrote:
> So I guess what I'm asking is what are the reasons that _destinsrc uses
> abspath instead of realpath? And is there a better place to ask this?
Probably because abspath goes back to Python 1.5, while realpath is
comparatively recent only going back to 2.2, and nobody has thought to
change the code in shutil.
I recommend you raise a bug/feature request on the bug tracker,
preferably with a fix and a test demonstrating the problem.
http://bugs.python.org/
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