[Python-checkins] gh-84714: Add behavior if dst file exists (#91867)

JelleZijlstra webhook-mailer at python.org
Mon May 2 10:31:59 EDT 2022


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9166ace805d915c8a918cd89fff0e58b65e3327c
commit: 9166ace805d915c8a918cd89fff0e58b65e3327c
branch: main
author: slateny <46876382+slateny at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: JelleZijlstra <jelle.zijlstra at gmail.com>
date: 2022-05-02T08:31:55-06:00
summary:

gh-84714: Add behavior if dst file exists (#91867)

files:
M Doc/library/shutil.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 75ffb79d535c8..cb72ff6f3914b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ Directory and files operations
    Copies the file *src* to the file or directory *dst*.  *src* and *dst*
    should be :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>` or strings.  If
    *dst* specifies a directory, the file will be copied into *dst* using the
-   base filename from *src*.  Returns the path to the newly created file.
+   base filename from *src*. If *dst* specifies a file that already exists,
+   it will be replaced. Returns the path to the newly created file.
 
    If *follow_symlinks* is false, and *src* is a symbolic link,
    *dst* will be created as a symbolic link.  If *follow_symlinks*



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