Oleg Broytmann <phd <at> phd.pp.ru> writes: > > Only root can change file ownership - and yes, there are scripts that > run with root privileges, so why not copy?
Because the new function would then be useless for non-root scripts, and encouraging people to run their scripts as root would be rather bad. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
