dcp
Deep copy is a command line utility for coping files and folders via python bypassing system call.
Features
- Copies file to file, file to folder, folder to folder.
- Records files count, size, time and speed.
- Performs smart copying without equal files overwrite.
- Support dry runs (without real copying).
- Supports overwrite prompting for each file.
Usage
Output from dcp --help:
Usage: dcp.py [OPTIONS] SOURCE DESTINATION
Copy file or directory recursively from source location to destination
location.
Arguments:
SOURCE Path to directory or file to copy from. [required]
DESTINATION Path to directory or file to copy to. In case of copying file
to directory it is saved into that directory. [required]
Options:
-b, --buffer INTEGER In-memory buffer maximum size for reading and writing
files. By default system buffer size is used.
[default: <system value is printed>]
-o, --overwrite Whether to overwrite existing files. By default user
is prompted about each file.
-d, --dry-run Do not actually perform copy operation. [default:
False]
-v, --version Print version and exit. [default: False]
-q, --quiet Do not print anything to stdout, only to stderr.
[default: False]
--install-completion Install completion for the current shell.
--show-completion Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or
customize the installation.
--help Show this message and exit.
Why another tool?
Because I sometimes get Destination Path Too Long error when try to copy files from unix disks. Actually this is Explorer's issue that can not be fixed since 2016.
Issue tracker at github.
Built with nice CLI framework Typer.
