# Copy file
[`shutil`](http://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html) has many methods you can use. One of which is:
```python
import shutil
shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
# 2nd option
shutil.copy(src, dst) # dst can be a folder; use shutil.copy2() to preserve timestamp
```
* Copy the contents of the file named `src` to a file named `dst`. Both `src` and `dst` need to be the entire filename of the files, including path.
* 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 `str`s.
Another `shutil` method to look at is [`shutil.copy2()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2). It's similar but preserves more metadata (e.g. time stamps).
If you use `os.path` operations, use `copy` rather than `copyfile`. `copyfile` will only accept strings.