shutil_copytree.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
"""
BEFORE:
ls: cannot access /tmp/example: No such file or directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "shutil_copytree.py", line 9, in <module>
copytree('../shutil', '/tmp/example')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 171, in copytree
names = os.listdir(src)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../shutil'
"""

from shutil import *
from commands import *

print 'BEFORE:'
print getoutput('ls -rlast /tmp/example')
copytree('../shutil', '/tmp/example')
print '\nAFTER:'
print getoutput('ls -rlast /tmp/example')