[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-458223 ] shutil doesn't copy special files

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Bugs item #458223, was opened at 2001-09-03 18:22
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Matthew Cowles (mdcowles)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: shutil doesn't copy special files

Initial Comment:
It may be worth adding to the caveat at the beginning
of the documentation for shutil that under Unix it will
copy only regular files, not special files or sockets.

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