["python","shutil","copytree"]
Copy directory contents into a directory with python

I have a directory /a/b/c that has files and subdirectories. I need to copy the /a/b/c/* in the /x/y/z directory. What python methods can I use? I tried shutil.copytree("a/b/c", "/x/y/z"), but python tries to create /x/y/z and raises an error "Directory exists".
I found this code working which is part of the standard library: from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree # copy subdirectory example from_directory = "/a/b/c" to_directory = "/x/y/z" copy_tree(from_directory, to_directory) Reference: Python 2: https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/apiref.html#distutils.dir_util.copy_tree Python 3: https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/apiref.html#distutils.dir_util.copy_tree