[issue1355826] shutil.move() does not preserve ownership

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: That's because there's no simple, portable way to copy all metadata. If you need to copy all of them you will need to use OS-specific APIs -- assignee: -> tarek nosy: +tarek resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___

[issue1355826] shutil.move() does not preserve ownership

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[issue1355826] shutil.move() does not preserve ownership

Armin Ronacher added the comment: While this is surprising, this is documented behavior: "If the destination is on the current filesystem, then simply use rename. Otherwise, copy src (with copy2()) to the dst and then remove src." And copy2() uses copystat() and does not copy "contents, owner,

[issue1355826] shutil.move() does not preserve ownership

Changes by Akira Kitada : -- type: -> feature request versions: +Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1 -Python 2.4 ___ Python tracker ___