[Python] How to copy a directory and its contents to an existing location using Python?

I'm trying to copy a directory and all its contents to a path that already exists. The problem is, between the os module and the shutil module, there doesn't seem to be a way to do this. the shutil.copytree() function expects that the destination path not exist beforehand.

The exact result I'm looking for is to copy an entire folder structure on top of another, overwriting silently on any duplicates found. Before I jump in and start writing my own function to do this I thought I'd ask if anyone knows of an existing recipe or snippet that does this.

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