On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:16:19 +0200 Alfonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there an alternative in python to use shutil.move()? > > It copies the files and then removes the source file insted of just > moving directly the file (don't know much about file systems, but I > suppose that when you move using the shell, if both source and > destination are in the same partition, it's just a matter of changing > the entries in the file allocation table). Copying the entire file, > specially with big files is very slow, and I think that it makes an > unnecesary use of the hard drive and system resources, when both source > file and destination are on the same partition... > Try os.rename(old, new) I hope this helps Michael _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
