Make copy_directories error message readable

equinor · Sep 13, 2024 · c241244 · c241244
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diff --git a/src/ert/resources/shell_scripts/copy_directory.py b/src/ert/resources/shell_scripts/copy_directory.py
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ def copy_directory(src_path, target_path):
     try:
         copy_directory(src_path, target_path)
     except IOError as e:
-        sys.exit(f"COPY_DIRECTORY failed with the following error: {e}")
+        sys.exit(
+            f"COPY_DIRECTORY failed with the following error: {''.join(e.args[0])}"
+        )
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/shared/share/test_shell.py b/tests/unit_tests/shared/share/test_shell.py
@@ -400,6 +400,17 @@ def test_copy_directory_error(shell):
 
     assert b"existing directory" in shell.copy_directory("hei", "target").stderr
 
+    empty_dir = "emptytestdir"
+    if not os.path.exists(empty_dir):
+        os.makedirs(empty_dir)
+
+    file_path = os.path.join(empty_dir, "file")
+
+    with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write("some_text")
+
+    assert b"are the same" in shell.copy_directory(empty_dir, ".").stderr
+
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("use_tmpdir")
 def test_copy_file(shell):