The shutil module includes high-level file operations such as copying and archiving

import shutil

# copyfile
# copy the content of the source file to the destination file
# the metadata of the file is not copied
shutil.copyfile('shutil_copyfile.py', 'shutil_copyfile.py.copy')

# copy
# copy the content of source file to destination file or directory
shutil.copy('p1.py', 'p2')

# copy2
# copy the content of source file to destination file or directory
# preserves the file’s metadata
shutil.copy2('p1.py', 'p2/p3.py')
		

# copymode
# copy the permissions from one file to another
shutil.copyfile('p1.py', 'p1_copy.py')
shutil.copymode('p1.py', 'p1_copy.py')

# copystat
# copy the permissions and dates associated with the file
shutil.copyfile('p1.py', 'p2_copy.py')
shutil.copystat('p1.py', 'p2_copy.py')
        

# copytree
# copy a directory from one place to another
shutil.copytree('p2', 'p3')

# rmtree
shutil.rmtree('p2')

# move
shutil.move('p3', 'p2')
        

# which
# tells the path to an executable applicatio
shutil.which('ls')
        

# get_archive_formats
# returns archive formats supported on the current system
shutil.get_archive_formats()

# get_unpack_formats
# returns unpack formats supported on the current system
shutil.get_unpack_formats()

# make_archive
# compress the content in the current directory
shutil.make_archive('compress', 'tar')

# unpack_archive
shutil.unpack_archive('compress.tar')
        

# disk_usage
# returns a tuple with the total space, the amount currently being used, and the amount remaining free
total_b, used_b, free_b = shutil.disk_usage('.')
print(total_b/(2**30), used_b/(2**30), free_b/(2**30))
        

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