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927
shutil.copyfile(src, dest)
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# Look Before You Leap (LBYL) is appropriate here instead of Easier to Ask for
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# Forgiveness than Permission (EAFP) because:
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# - root can damage a solaris file system by using unlink,
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# - unlink raises different exceptions on different OSes (linux: EISDIR, win32:
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# EACCES, OSX: EPERM) when invoked on a directory.
935
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def delete_any(path):
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"""Delete a file or directory."""
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"""Delete a file, symlink or directory.
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Will delete even if readonly.
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_delete_file_or_dir(path)
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except (OSError, IOError), e:
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if e.errno in (errno.EPERM, errno.EACCES):
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# make writable and try again
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except (OSError, IOError):
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_delete_file_or_dir(path)
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def _delete_file_or_dir(path):
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# Look Before You Leap (LBYL) is appropriate here instead of Easier to Ask for
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# Forgiveness than Permission (EAFP) because:
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# - root can damage a solaris file system by using unlink,
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# - unlink raises different exceptions on different OSes (linux: EISDIR, win32:
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# EACCES, OSX: EPERM) when invoked on a directory.
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if isdir(path): # Takes care of symlinks