Copy directory contents into a directory with python

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I have a directory  a b c that has files and subdirectories  I need to copy the  a b c   in the  x y z directory  What python methods can I use   I tried shutil copytree  a b c     x y z    but python tries to create  x y z and raises an error  Directory exists

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from subprocess import call  def cp dir source  target       call   cp    -a   source  target     Linux  cp dir   a b c      x y z      It works for me  Basically  it executes shell command cp

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The python libs are obsolete with this function  I ve done one that works correctly   import os import shutil  def copydirectorykut src  dst       os chdir dst      list os listdir src      nom  src   txt      fitx  open nom   w        for item in list          fitx write   s n    item       fitx close        f   open nom  r       for line in f readlines            if     in line              shutil copy src     line  -1  dst     line  -1           else              if not os path exists dst     line  -1                    os makedirs dst     line  -1                   copydirectorykut src     line  -1  dst     line  -1               copydirectorykut src     line  -1  dst     line  -1       f close       os remove nom      os chdir

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You can also use glob2 to recursively collect all paths  using    subfolders wildcard  and then use shutil copyfile  saving the paths  glob2 link  https   code activestate com pypm glob2

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I found this code working   from distutils dir util import copy tree    copy subdirectory example fromDirectory     a b c  toDirectory     x y z   copy tree fromDirectory  toDirectory    Reference    Python 2  https   docs python org 2 distutils apiref html distutils dir util copy tree Python 3   https   docs python org 3 distutils apiref html distutils dir util copy tree

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