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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/shutil.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index e8974839ac..f350f5ea54 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -164,12 +164,9 @@ Directory and files operations Recursively move a file or directory (*src*) to another location (*dst*). - If the destination is a directory or a symlink to a directory, then *src* is - moved inside that directory. - - The destination directory must not already exist. If the destination already - exists but is not a directory, it may be overwritten depending on - :func:`os.rename` semantics. + If the destination is an existing directory, then *src* is moved inside that + directory. If the destination already exists but is not a directory, it may + be overwritten depending on :func:`os.rename` semantics. If the destination is on the current filesystem, then :func:`os.rename` is used. Otherwise, *src* is copied (using :func:`shutil.copy2`) to *dst* and |