How to copy both folder and files in python

Question

I am aware that using
shutil.copy(src,dst) copies files and
shutil.copytree(src,dst) is used for copying directories.

Is there any way so I don't have to differentiate between copying folders and copying files?

Tysm

You could use subprocess [1] to do a recursive copy but exactly what to call depends on OS. — VRehnberg
– VRehnberg, Commented Jul 5, 2022 at 7:53

Art · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-05 13:39:57Z

5

You might want to take a look to this topic, where the same question was answered.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1994840/17595642

Functions can be written to do so.

Here is the one implemented in the other topic :

import shutil, errno

def copyanything(src, dst):
    try:
        shutil.copytree(src, dst)
    except OSError as exc: # python >2.5
        if exc.errno in (errno.ENOTDIR, errno.EINVAL):
            shutil.copy(src, dst)
        else: raise

edited Jul 5, 2022 at 13:39

answered Jul 5, 2022 at 8:58

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