Issue #14082: shutil.copy2() now copies extended attributes, if possible.
Patch by Hynek Schlawack.
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 9625d36..ce60c3b 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -166,6 +166,36 @@
else:
raise
+if hasattr(os, 'listxattr'):
+ def _copyxattr(src, dst, symlinks=False):
+ """Copy extended filesystem attributes from `src` to `dst`.
+
+ Overwrite existing attributes.
+
+ If the optional flag `symlinks` is set, symlinks won't be followed.
+
+ """
+ if symlinks:
+ listxattr = os.llistxattr
+ removexattr = os.lremovexattr
+ setxattr = os.lsetxattr
+ getxattr = os.lgetxattr
+ else:
+ listxattr = os.listxattr
+ removexattr = os.removexattr
+ setxattr = os.setxattr
+ getxattr = os.getxattr
+
+ for attr in listxattr(src):
+ try:
+ setxattr(dst, attr, getxattr(src, attr))
+ except OSError as e:
+ if e.errno not in (errno.EPERM, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA):
+ raise
+else:
+ def _copyxattr(*args, **kwargs):
+ pass
+
def copy(src, dst, symlinks=False):
"""Copy data and mode bits ("cp src dst").
@@ -193,6 +223,7 @@
dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
copyfile(src, dst, symlinks=symlinks)
copystat(src, dst, symlinks=symlinks)
+ _copyxattr(src, dst, symlinks=symlinks)
def ignore_patterns(*patterns):
"""Function that can be used as copytree() ignore parameter.