- Issue #15238: shutil.copystat now copies Linux "extended attributes".
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 6d80fee..2b2a9be 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -132,6 +132,27 @@
st = stat_func(src)
chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode))
+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.
+
+ """
+
+ for name in os.listxattr(src, follow_symlinks=symlinks):
+ try:
+ value = os.getxattr(src, name, follow_symlinks=symlinks)
+ os.setxattr(dst, name, value, follow_symlinks=symlinks)
+ except OSError as e:
+ if e.errno not in (errno.EPERM, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA):
+ raise
+else:
+ def _copyxattr(*args, **kwargs):
+ pass
+
def copystat(src, dst, symlinks=False):
"""Copy all stat info (mode bits, atime, mtime, flags) from src to dst.
@@ -184,27 +205,7 @@
break
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.
-
- """
-
- for name in os.listxattr(src, follow_symlinks=symlinks):
- try:
- value = os.getxattr(src, name, follow_symlinks=symlinks)
- os.setxattr(dst, name, value, follow_symlinks=symlinks)
- except OSError as e:
- if e.errno not in (errno.EPERM, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA):
- raise
-else:
- def _copyxattr(*args, **kwargs):
- pass
+ _copyxattr(src, dst, symlinks=follow)
def copy(src, dst, symlinks=False):
"""Copy data and mode bits ("cp src dst"). Return the file's destination.
@@ -235,7 +236,6 @@
dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
copyfile(src, dst, symlinks=symlinks)
copystat(src, dst, symlinks=symlinks)
- _copyxattr(src, dst, symlinks=symlinks)
return dst
def ignore_patterns(*patterns):