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[3.8] bpo-41646: Mention path-like objects support in the docs for shutil.copy() (GH-22208) #22244

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/shutil.rst
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Expand Up @@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ Directory and files operations
.. function:: copy(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True)

Copies the file *src* to the file or directory *dst*. *src* and *dst*
should be strings. If *dst* specifies a directory, the file will be
copied into *dst* using the base filename from *src*. Returns the
path to the newly created file.
should be :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>` or strings. If
*dst* specifies a directory, the file will be copied into *dst* using the
base filename from *src*. Returns the path to the newly created file.

If *follow_symlinks* is false, and *src* is a symbolic link,
*dst* will be created as a symbolic link. If *follow_symlinks*
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