On Apr 13 2016, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> (I'm not very good at keeping similar sounding functions separate --
> what's the difference between shutil.copy and shutil.copy2? I have to
> look it up every time).
Well, "2" is more than "" (or 1), so copy2() copies *more* than copy() -
it includes the metadata. That always helps me.
Best,
-Nikolaus
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