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py3interm/EXAMPLES/shutil_ex.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+import shutil
+import os
+
+shutil.copy('../DATA/alice.txt', 'betsy.txt') # <1>
+
+print("betsy.txt exists:", os.path.exists('betsy.txt'))
+
+shutil.move('betsy.txt', 'fred.txt') # <2>
+print("betsy.txt exists:", os.path.exists('betsy.txt'))
+print("fred.txt exists:", os.path.exists('fred.txt'))
+
+new_folder = 'remove_me'
+
+os.mkdir(new_folder) # <3>
+shutil.move('fred.txt', new_folder)
+
+shutil.make_archive(new_folder, 'zip', new_folder) # <4>
+
+print("{}.zip exists:".format(new_folder), os.path.exists(new_folder + '.zip'))
+
+print("{} exists:".format(new_folder), os.path.exists(new_folder))
+
+shutil.rmtree(new_folder) # <5>
+
+print("{} exists:".format(new_folder), os.path.exists(new_folder))