Error while move files using shutil.move() in python

Question

I am trying to move files using shut.move().....But if the file is already existing at destination ...it will raise an exception.. But I want to move the file to destination forcibly. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

You could use shutil.copy() which will overwrite the file.

https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy

EDIT

You could first remove the file in the destination directory with os.remove() and then use shutil.move() to move the file into the destination directory.