Backport PR #5917: use shutil.move instead of os.rename

when moving config files closes #5898
ipython · Jun 24, 2014 · 03989da · 03989da
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diff --git a/IPython/utils/path.py b/IPython/utils/path.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def get_ipython_dir():
                     'to get rid of this message').format(cu(xdg_ipdir), cu(ipdir)))
                 else:
                     warnings.warn('Moving {0} to {1}'.format(cu(xdg_ipdir), cu(ipdir)))
-                    os.rename(xdg_ipdir, ipdir)
+                    shutil.move(xdg_ipdir, ipdir)
 
     ipdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.expanduser(ipdir))