Re: file copy portability

John Machin wrote: Bob Smith wrote: Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Thanks! Portable what? Way of copying?? Do you want your files transferred (a) so that they look like native text file

Re: file copy portability

Bob Smith wrote: Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Thanks! Yes. regards Steve -- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/

Re: file copy portability

Bob Smith wrote: > Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with > Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. > > Thanks! Portable what? Way of copying?? Do you want your files transferred (a) so that they look like native text files on the

Re: file copy portability

Bob Smith wrote: Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Yes, provided you don't need any of the features provided by the other shutil.copy functions, and assuming you can live with the Caveat l

file copy portability

Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list