# shutil.SameFileError

- **ID:** `python/shutil-samefileerror`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** system_error
- **Verification:** official
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

Source and destination are the same file in a copy/move operation.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.x | active | — | — |