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gh-142407: Update shutil.rst to clarify copy performance on Windows#142408
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Clarify the behavior of shutil.copyfile and shutil.copy2 on Windows, including buffer size and efficiency.
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| :func:`shutil.copy2` uses native call ``CopyFile2`` on windows and it is the most | ||
| efficient and support copy-on-write, but preserve the metadata. |
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| :func:`shutil.copy2` uses nativecall``CopyFile2`` onwindows and it is the most | |
| efficientand support copy-on-write,but preserve the metadata. | |
| :func:`shutil.copy2` usesthenative ``CopyFile2``callonWindows, which is the most | |
| efficientmethod, supports copy-on-write,and preserves metadata. |
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Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
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Clarify the behavior of efficiency of shutil.copyfile and shutil.copy2 on Windows.
Fixs:#142407
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