New submission from fireattack <human.p...@gmail.com>:
According to https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/shutil.html#shutil.move "If the destination already exists but is not a directory, it may be overwritten depending on os.rename() semantics." I interpret "depending on os.rename() semantics" to mean it will follow os.rename()'s behavior. According to https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.rename "On Windows, if dst exists a FileExistsError is always raised." However, their behaviors are not the same. For os.rename, it does raise FileExistsError if dst exists. For shutil.move, it silently overwrites dst. It's either a bug in behavior of shutil.move, or the documentation need to be updated. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 385083 nosy: fireattack priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: On Windows, shutil.move doesn't raise FileExistsError if dst exists like os.rename type: behavior versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue42929> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
