code: def examples(path='holoviews-examples', verbose=False, force=False, root=__file__):
      
      filepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(root))
      example_dir = os.path.join(filepath, './examples')
      if not os.path.exists(example_dir):
          example_dir = os.path.join(filepath, '../examples')
      if os.path.exists(path):
          if not force:
              print('%s directory already exists, either delete it or set the force flag' % path)
              return
          shutil.rmtree(path)
      ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns('.ipynb_checkpoints', '*.pyc', '*~')
      tree_root = os.path.abspath(example_dir)
      if os.path.isdir(tree_root):
          shutil.copytree(tree_root, path, ignore=ignore, symlinks=True)
      else:
          print('Cannot find %s' % tree_root)
docs: Copies the notebooks to the supplied path.