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(python2.1-lib.info)Example 4

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This example is the implementation of the `copytree()' function,
described above, with the docstring omitted.  It demonstrates many of
the other functions provided by this module.

     def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=0):
         names = os.listdir(src)
         os.mkdir(dst)
         for name in names:
             srcname = os.path.join(src, name)
             dstname = os.path.join(dst, name)
             try:
                 if symlinks and os.path.islink(srcname):
                     linkto = os.readlink(srcname)
                     os.symlink(linkto, dstname)
                 elif os.path.isdir(srcname):
                     copytree(srcname, dstname)
                 else:
                     copy2(srcname, dstname)
                 # XXX What about devices, sockets etc.?
             except (IOError, os.error), why:
                 print "Can't copy %s to %s: %s" % (`srcname`, `dstname`, str(why))