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Hi templeavenue,<br />
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you can use the following:<br />
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import shutil<br />
shutil.copy2(source, destination)<br />
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shutil.copy will perform the copy using the current date and time, while copy2 will copy over also the date and time of the original file's last modification. You can read more about Shutil here: <a href="http://docs.python.org/lib/module-shutil.html" rel="ugc">http://docs.python.org/lib/module-shutil.html</a><br />
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Hi templeavenue,

you can use the following:

import shutil
shutil.copy2(source, destination)


shutil.copy will perform the copy using the current date and time, while copy2 will copy over also the date and time of the original file's last modification. You can read more about Shutil here: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-shutil.html [http://docs.python.org/lib/module-shutil.html]



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sorry... actually..what I wanted to do is read a drive (hard dirve, cd) without knowing the name/structures of the file/folders(if possible)... sorry for confusion... can i still use those functions??<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Kelvin
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sorry... actually..what I wanted to do is read a drive (hard dirve, cd) without knowing the name/structures of the file/folders(if possible)... sorry for confusion... can i still use those functions??

Thanks,
Kelvin

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I am pretty new to Python. Can someone tell me/good tutorial how to make file copies in Python..
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I am pretty new to Python. Can someone tell me/good tutorial how to make file copies in Python..

File Copying..

Python is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than would be possible in other languages. Python supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, imperative and functional programming or procedural styles. It features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management and has a large and comprehensive set of standard libraries, including NumPy, SciPy, Django, PyQuery, and PyLibrary.