How to copy a directory and its contents to an existing location using Python?

Question

I\'m trying to copy a directory and all its contents to a path that already exists. The problem is, between the os module and the shutil module, there doesn\'t seem to be a

Answer 1

For highlevel file operations like that use the shutil module and in your case the copytree function. I think that is cleaner than "abusing" distutils.

UPDATE:: Forget the answer, I overlooked that the OP did try shutil.