Python in a Nutshell

Name

copytree

Synopsis

copytree(src,dst,symlinks=False)

Copies the whole directory tree rooted at src into the destination directory named by dst. dst must not already exist, as copytree creates it. copytree copies each file by using function copy2. When symlinks is true, copytree creates symbolic links in the new tree when it finds symbolic links in the source tree. When symlinks is false, copytree follows each symbolic link it finds, and copies the linked-to file with the link’s name. On platforms that do not have the concept of a symbolic link, such as Windows, copytree ignores argument symlinks.