os.path.expanduser(path) On Unix and Windows, return the argument with an initial component of ~ or ~user

report_full_closure() Print a comparison between a and b and common subdirectories (recursively).

shutil.move(src, dst, copy_function=copy2) Recursively move a file or directory (src) to another location (dst)

funny_files Files which are in both a and b, but could not be compared.

filecmp.clear_cache() Clear the filecmp cache. This may be useful if a file is compared so quickly after it is modified that

filecmp.cmp(f1, f2, shallow=True) Compare the files named f1 and f2, returning True if they seem

class pathlib.PurePath(*pathsegments) A generic class that represents the system’s path flavour (instantiating it creates either

os.path.getctime(path) Return the system’s ctime which, on some systems (like Unix) is the time of the last metadata change

os.path.splitunc(path) Deprecated since version 3.1: Use splitdrive

fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, pattern) Test whether the filename string matches the pattern string, returning