Python - copy or move files and directories

# shutil is used for high level copy and move needs. 
# shutil can operate on individual files or recursively 
# on a directory structure. 
import shutil
# shutil python doc
 
# of course these examples the 
# file is in the current working directory  
 
# it supports simply copying files 
print "just copy file contents..." 
shutil.copy("hero.bmp", "hero2.bmp")
# The second hero2.bmp is now created. 
# However, all attributes of the file have been reset 
#   like creation dates and what not (depending 
#   on the file type) 
 
# to copy the stats from the first to the new copied  
# file you can use the copystat method. 
# To fix the first examples lack of stat copying 
print "copy stats..." 
shutil.copystat("hero.bmp", "hero2.bmp")
 
# shutil can also copy an entire directory tree with copytree 
# stats are copied for the files. 
print "recursively copy directory tree..." 
shutil.copytree('C:/tmp','C:/newtmp')
 
# shutil can also remove a directory tree 
print "remove the copied directory tree..." 
shutil.rmtree('C:/newtmp')
 
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