[issue23241] shutil should accept pathlib types

STINNER Victor added the comment: I'm unable to reproduce the bug on Python 3.6: --- from pathlib import Path import shutil import os def touch(name): with open(name, "x"): pass os.mkdir('a') touch('a/x') touch('a/y') touch('a/z') os.mkdir('b') source_path = Path('a')

[issue23241] shutil should accept pathlib types

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Is this issue outdated since implementing a file system path protocol (PEP 519) in 3.6? -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker

[issue23241] shutil should accept pathlib types

R. David Murray added the comment: This is a specific example of a global discussion about handling of paths in the stdlib. So far we have elected not to provide special handling. The correct thing to do is call str. I'm not sure if shutil is special enough to be a special case, but it

[issue23241] shutil should accept pathlib types

New submission from Michael Kesper: source_path = Path('../data') destination_path = Path('//file_server/work/whatever') for file_name in source_path.glob('xyz-*'): shutil.copyfile(source_path / file_name, destination_path / file_name) leads to: Traceback (most recent call last): File