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+"""Test t.rast.copytree
+
+(C) 2024 by NVE, Stefan Blumentrath and the GRASS GIS Development Team
+This program is free software under the GNU General Public
+License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS
+for details.
+
+:authors: Stefan Blumentrath
+"""
+
+# ruff: noqa: RUF012
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import grass.script as gs
+from grass.gunittest.case import TestCase
+
+
+class TestTRastCopytree(TestCase):
+    """Test case for moving files from STRDS to directory trees"""
+
+    default_region = {"s": 0, "n": 80, "w": 0, "e": 120, "b": 0, "t": 50}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        """Initiate the temporal GIS and set the region"""
+        cls.use_temp_region()
+        cls.tempdir = Path(gs.tempdir())
+        cls.tempdir_target = Path(gs.tempdir())
+        cls.runModule("g.region", **cls.default_region, res=1, res3=1)
+
+        cls.runModule(
+            "r.external.out",
+            format="GTiff",
+            directory=str(cls.tempdir),
+            extension="tif",
+        )
+        for rmap_idx in range(1, 4):
+            for prefix in ("a", "b"):
+                cls.runModule(
+                    "r.mapcalc",
+                    expression=f"{prefix}_{rmap_idx} = {rmap_idx}00",
+                    overwrite=True,
+                )
+                cls.runModule(
+                    "r.support", map=f"{prefix}_{rmap_idx}", semantic_label=prefix
+                )
+
+        cls.runModule(
+            "t.create",
+            type="strds",
+            temporaltype="absolute",
+            output="A",
+            title="A test",
+            description="A test",
+            overwrite=True,
+        )
+        cls.runModule(
+            "t.register",
+            flags="i",
+            type="raster",
+            input="A",
+            maps="a_1,a_2,a_3",
+            start="2001-01-01",
+            increment="3 months",
+            overwrite=True,
+        )
+
+        cls.runModule(
+            "t.create",
+            type="strds",
+            temporaltype="absolute",
+            output="B",
+            title="B test",
+            description="B test",
+            overwrite=True,
+        )
+        cls.runModule(
+            "t.register",
+            flags="i",
+            type="raster",
+            input="B",
+            maps="b_1,b_2,b_3",
+            start="2001-01-01",
+            increment="1 day",
+            overwrite=True,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        """Remove the temporary region"""
+        cls.del_temp_region()
+        cls.runModule("t.remove", flags="df", type="strds", inputs="A")
+        cls.runModule("r.external.out", flags="r")
+        gs.utils.try_rmdir(str(cls.tempdir_target))
+        gs.utils.try_rmdir(str(cls.tempdir))
+
+    def test_t_rast_copytree_move(self):
+        """Test moving files into directory tree"""
+        # Check that t.rast.copytree runs successfully
+        self.assertModule(
+            "t.rast.copytree",
+            flags="m",
+            input="A",
+            temporal_tree="%Y/%m",
+            output_directory=str(self.tempdir_target),
+            nprocs="1",
+        )
+
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir_target / "2001/01/a_1.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir_target / "2001/04/a_2.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir_target / "2001/07/a_3.tif"))
+
+    def test_t_rast_copytree_copy_semantic_label(self):
+        """Test moving files into directory tree"""
+        # Check that t.rast.copytree runs successfully
+        self.assertModule(
+            "t.rast.copytree",
+            flags="s",
+            input="B",
+            temporal_tree="%Y/%m/%d",
+            output_directory=str(self.tempdir_target),
+            nprocs="1",
+        )
+
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir / "b_1.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir / "b_2.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir / "b_3.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir_target / "b/2001/01/01/b_1.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir_target / "b/2001/01/02/b_2.tif"))
+        self.assertFileExists(str(self.tempdir_target / "b/2001/01/03/b_3.tif"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from grass.gunittest.main import test
+
+    test()