Python Program to Copy a File

 

Using shutil module

from shutil import copyfile

copyfile("/root/a.txt", "/root/b.txt")

The first parameter of copyfile() is the path of the source file and the second parameter is the path of the destination file. The content of the destination file is replaced with the content of the source file.

There are other methods copy(), cop2(), and copyfileobj() which serve the same purpose with some metadata changes.

Method	Preserves Permissions	Supports Directory as Destination	Copies Metadata	Supports file object
copy()	Yes	Yes	No	No
copyfile()	No	No	No	No
copy2()	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
copyfileobj()	No	No	No	Yes