Function copy_and_overwrite

archivebox/system.py:132–140

copy a given file or directory to a given path, overwriting the destination

(from_path: Union[str, Path], to_path: Union[str, Path])

@enforce_types
def copy_and_overwrite(from_path: Union[str, Path], to_path: Union[str, Path]):
    """copy a given file or directory to a given path, overwriting the destination"""
    if Path(from_path).is_dir():
        shutil.rmtree(to_path, ignore_errors=True)
        shutil.copytree(from_path, to_path)
    else:
        with open(from_path, 'rb') as src:
            contents = src.read()
        atomic_write(to_path, contents)


@enforce_types