Ok, thanks. --Bill
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 18:15, Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill Allen wrote: > >> What are the particular advantages or disadvantages concerning using >> either >> os.rename or shutil.move to rename a file. I have tried both and for >> simple renaming they seem equivalent. >> > > Consider non-simple renaming. > > At the interactive interpreter, call: > > help(os.rename) > > and then > > help(shutil.move) > > to be enlightened. > > And read the Fine Manual: > > http://docs.python.org/library/shutil.html > > which conveniently now links directly to the source code, so you can see > for yourself all the extra work shutil.move does to cover cases which > os.rename may not cover (depending on the OS and/or file system). > > http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.rename > > os.rename is a thin wrapper around your file system's rename/mv command, > with the same limitations as it has. shutil.move attempts to do extra work > to overcome such limitations. > > > > -- > Steven > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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