How do I copy a file in Python?

Question

How do I copy a file in Python?

I couldn\'t find anything under os.

Answer 1

shutil has many methods you can use. One of which is:

from shutil import copyfile
copyfile(src, dst)

• Copy the contents of the file named src to a file named dst.
• The destination location must be writable; otherwise, an IOError exception will be raised.
• If dst already exists, it will be replaced.
• Special files such as character or block devices and pipes cannot be copied with this function.
• With copy, src and dst are path names given as strings.

If you use os.path operations, use copy rather than copyfile. copyfile will only accept strings.