[ python-Bugs-1656578 ] shutil.copyfileobj description is incomplete

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Bugs item #1656578, was opened at 2007-02-10 05:37
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.5
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Witten (herrwitten)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: shutil.copyfileobj description is incomplete

Initial Comment:
shutil.copyfileobj reads the source's data starting from the source's current file position. Thus, a user must issue seek(0) in order to have all of the source file object's contents read.

This needs to be documented.

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2007-03-07 09:35

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Patch #1669331 fixed this.

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