[issue12741] Add function similar to shutil.move that does not overwrite

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[issue12741] Add function similar to shutil.move that does not overwrite

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[issue12741] Add function similar to shutil.move that does not overwrite

David Townshend added the comment: A bit of research has shown that the proposed implementation will not work either, so my next suggestion is something along the lines of def move2(src, dst): try: os.link(src, dst) except OSError as err: # handle error appropriately, r

[issue12741] Add function similar to shutil.move that does not overwrite

Éric Araujo added the comment: About new function vs. new argument: this could be asked on python-dev (or on the core-mentorship list if you prefer an environment guaranteed friendly). If you look at copy and copy2, you’ll see that adding a function was chosen, but the names are not helpful