[Tutor] File copying - best way?

[Andrei Kulakov]

On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 09:22:05PM -0400, fleet@teachout.org wrote:
> Between
>    os.popen("cp /path1/newfile /path2/oldfile")
> and
>    open("/path1/newfile","w").write(open("/path2/oldfile","r").read())
> 
> Which, if either, is the "preferred" method of copying a file?  The second
> will raise an IOError if it fails.  I have no clue how to test the first.
> 
> Are there other and/or better methods of copying a file?

shutil.copy()


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