Copying files with native file manager in python

Question

Okay, so I'm developing an application that will allow users to select file objects in a menu and will allow them to copy said selections to another location. I have so far managed to use the pywin32 module to allow me to copy files using Windows' native file copier.

The code for it:

from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
srcstr = chr( 0 ).join( [ file[0] for file in files ] )
deststr = chr( 0 ).join( [ file[1] for file in files ] )
shell.SHFileOperation(
    ( 0, shellcon.FO_COPY, srcstr, deststr, shellcon.FOF_MULTIDESTFILES, None, None )
)

This is a fine method for copying under Windows, but I was wondering if there is a way to accomplish the same goal under Mac and/or Linux.

Answer 1

Have you considered shutil (http://docs.python.org/library/shutil.html)? This module provides that sort of high-level file operations while remaining os-agnostic.