[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Fix closes Issue12183 - Explain the Symlink copy behavior in shutil.copytree.

[senthil.kumaran]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/209ad8920b03
changeset:   71690:209ad8920b03
branch:      2.7
parent:      71685:e8634ccd0c38
user:        Senthil Kumaran <senthil at uthcode.com>
date:        Tue Aug 02 18:50:44 2011 +0800
summary:
  Fix closes Issue12183 - Explain the Symlink copy behavior in shutil.copytree. Patch by Petri Lehtinen.

files:
  Doc/library/shutil.rst |  5 +++--
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@
    :func:`copy2`.
 
    If *symlinks* is true, symbolic links in the source tree are represented as
-   symbolic links in the new tree; if false or omitted, the contents of the
-   linked files are copied to the new tree.
+   symbolic links in the new tree, but the metadata of the original links is NOT
+   copied; if false or omitted, the contents and metadata of the linked files
+   are copied to the new tree.
 
    If *ignore* is given, it must be a callable that will receive as its
    arguments the directory being visited by :func:`copytree`, and a list of its

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython