Fix table copy (Closes: PyTables#1208)

tables/file.py

@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ def _get_or_create_path(self, path: Union[Node, str],
         """
 
         if create:
+            path = path._v_pathname if hasattr(path, "_v_pathname") else path
             return self._create_path(path)
         else:
             return self.get_node(path)

tables/tests/test_tables.py

@@ -5374,6 +5374,14 @@ def test05b_copy(self):
         self.assertEqual(hasattr(table2.attrs, "attr2"), 0)
 
 
+class CopyIssuesTestCase(common.TempFileMixin, common.PyTablesTestCase):
+    def test_issue1208(self):
+        # https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables/issues/1208
+        group = self.h5file.create_group('this', 'that', createparents=True)
+        node = self.h5file.create_table('/', 'here', {'a': tb.UInt32Col()})
+        node.copy(group, createparents=True, overwrite=True)
+
+
 class CloseCopyTestCase(CopyTestCase):
     close = True
     aligned = False

tables/tests/test_tree.py

@@ -1052,20 +1052,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.h5file.create_array('/', 'array', [1])
         self.h5file.create_group('/', 'group', filters=self.filters)
 
-    def test00_parentType(self):
-        """Using the right type of parent node argument."""
-
-        h5file, root = self.h5file, self.h5file.root
-
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, h5file.create_array,
-                          root.group, 'arr', [1], createparents=True)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, h5file.copy_node,
-                          '/array', root.group, createparents=True)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, h5file.move_node,
-                          '/array', root.group, createparents=True)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, h5file.copy_children,
-                          '/group', root, createparents=True)
-
     def test01_inside(self):
         """Placing a node inside a nonexistent child of itself."""
         self.assertRaises(tb.NodeError, self.h5file.move_node,