Copy directory contents into a directory with python

Question

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".

Answer 1

I found this code working which is part of the standard library:

from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree

# copy subdirectory example
from_directory = "/a/b/c"
to_directory = "/x/y/z"

copy_tree(from_directory, to_directory)

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