file ops

file_browsing.py

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ os.path.isabs('./some_file.txt') # returns False (not an absolute path)
 os.path.abspath('./some_file.txt')
 
 
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 # create and delete files and directories
 os.mkdir('./test')  # create a new direcotory
 os.rmdir('./test')  # removes an empty direcotory
@@ -66,3 +68,6 @@ shutil.rmtree('./test') # removes directory (empty or not empty)
 os.rename('./dir_before', './renamed') # renames directory if destination doesn't exist
 shutil.move('./dir_before', './renamed') # renames directory always
 
+shutil.copytree('./orig', './copy') # copies a directory recursively
+shutil.copyfile('file', 'copy')     # copies a file
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