commit f9a098efe1dcfba59d8bf2026892ee65454c29b6
author Johannes Gijsbers <jlg@dds.nl> Sat Aug 14 14:51:01 2004 +0000
committer Johannes Gijsbers <jlg@dds.nl> Sat Aug 14 14:51:01 2004 +0000
tree 8cc31469770180562ac4361a7cafa448887e7620
parent b112d6ed78327404d5cb5d3f4ee6ffb7db70d695

Catch OSError raised when src or dst argument to os.path.samefile doesn't
exist.

Lib/shutil.py

diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index d361fa2..43726b4 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 def _samefile(src, dst):
     # Macintosh, Unix.
     if hasattr(os.path,'samefile'):
-        return os.path.samefile(src, dst)
+        try:
+            return os.path.samefile(src, dst)
+        except OSError:
+            return False
 
     # All other platforms: check for same pathname.
     return (os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(src)) ==