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14.8. Standard module macostools
This module contains some convenience routines for file-manipulation
on the Macintosh.
The macostools module defines the following functions:
- copy (src, dst[, createpath]) -- function of module macostools
-
Copy file src to dst. The files can be specified as
pathnames or
FSSpec objects. If createpath is non-zero
dst must be a pathname and the folders leading to the
destination are created if necessary.
The method copies data and resource fork and some finder information
(creator, type and flags). Custom icons, comments and icon position
are not copied.
- copytree (src, dst) -- function of module macostools
-
Recursively copy a file tree from src to dst, creating
folders as needed. Src and dst should be specified as
pathnames.
- mkalias (src, dst) -- function of module macostools
-
Create a finder alias dst pointing to src. Both may be
specified as pathnames or FSSpec objects.
- BUFSIZ -- data of module macostools
-
The buffer size for
copy, default 1 megabyte.
Note that the process of creating finder aliases is not specified in
the Apple documentation. Hence, aliases created with mkalias
could conceivably have incompatible behaviour in some cases.
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