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shutil.move creates a new directory even on failure #86948
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shutil.move calls shutil.copytree(), then os.rmtree() (in that order). If the user does not have permission to delete the source directory, copytree succeeds but rmtree fails. The user sees an error (Permission Denied), but the destination directory is still created. The expected behavior should be a Permission Denied without the creation of the destination directory. |
To replicate: $ mkdir foo
$ sudo chown root foo
$ sudo touch foo/child
$ python3
>>> import shutil
>>> shutil.move('foo', 'bar')
PermissionError
$ ls foo
child
$ ls bar
child If shutil.move() encountered a permission error and failed, bar should not have been created. |
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