I tried this with os.chown, but it throws an error. Is there any other way to do this?

Question

this is the code I'm trying to run in python 3.10:

def copyComplete(source, target):
    shutil.copy2(source, target)
    st = os.stat(source)
    os.chown(target, st.st_uid, st.st_gid)

It throws this error:

AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'chown'

How do I fix this problem?

What OS are you on? The `chown` function is documented as Unix-specific: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.chown https://docs.python.org/3/library/intro.html#notes-on-availability — slothrop, Aug 04 '23 at 16:43
I'm in windows, but the file I'm trying to copy doesn't let me write/append using *python code* with open('examplefile.json', 'a') as file: file.append('etc.')*exiting python code*, but instead throws permission error — Indeterminable, Aug 04 '23 at 17:03
This answer might be helpful; [PermissionError: Errno 13 Permission denied](https://stackoverflow.com/a/36469464/8658598). — doneforaiur, Aug 04 '23 at 17:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '23 at 16:51

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os.chown doesnt exist for windows

you need to use something like

answered Aug 04 '23 at 16:51

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