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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 9c66008ed2..9a79f852f9 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -39,17 +39,20 @@ __all__ = ["copyfileobj", "copyfile", "copymode", "copystat", "copy", "copy2",
"ignore_patterns", "chown", "which"]
# disk_usage is added later, if available on the platform
-class Error(EnvironmentError):
+class Error(OSError):
pass
-class SpecialFileError(EnvironmentError):
+class SameFileError(Error):
+ """Raised when source and destination are the same file."""
+
+class SpecialFileError(OSError):
"""Raised when trying to do a kind of operation (e.g. copying) which is
not supported on a special file (e.g. a named pipe)"""
-class ExecError(EnvironmentError):
+class ExecError(OSError):
"""Raised when a command could not be executed"""
-class ReadError(EnvironmentError):
+class ReadError(OSError):
"""Raised when an archive cannot be read"""
class RegistryError(Exception):
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ def copyfile(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
"""
if _samefile(src, dst):
- raise Error("`%s` and `%s` are the same file" % (src, dst))
+ raise SameFileError("{!r} and {!r} are the same file".format(src, dst))
for fn in [src, dst]:
try:
@@ -215,6 +218,9 @@ def copy(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
If follow_symlinks is false, symlinks won't be followed. This
resembles GNU's "cp -P src dst".
+ If source and destination are the same file, a SameFileError will be
+ raised.
+
"""
if os.path.isdir(dst):
dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
@@ -323,7 +329,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None, copy_function=copy2,
# continue with other files
except Error as err:
errors.extend(err.args[0])
- except EnvironmentError as why:
+ except OSError as why:
errors.append((srcname, dstname, str(why)))
try:
copystat(src, dst)
@@ -350,24 +356,24 @@ def _rmtree_unsafe(path, onerror):
names = []
try:
names = os.listdir(path)
- except os.error:
+ except OSError:
onerror(os.listdir, path, sys.exc_info())
for name in names:
fullname = os.path.join(path, name)
try:
mode = os.lstat(fullname).st_mode
- except os.error:
+ except OSError:
mode = 0
if stat.S_ISDIR(mode):
_rmtree_unsafe(fullname, onerror)
else:
try:
os.unlink(fullname)
- except os.error:
+ except OSError:
onerror(os.unlink, fullname, sys.exc_info())
try:
os.rmdir(path)
- except os.error:
+ except OSError:
onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
# Version using fd-based APIs to protect against races
@@ -458,7 +464,7 @@ def rmtree(path, ignore_errors=False, onerror=None):
_rmtree_safe_fd(fd, path, onerror)
try:
os.rmdir(path)
- except os.error:
+ except OSError:
onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
else:
try: