Fastest way to copy a file in Node.js

Use the standard built-in way fs.copyFile:

const fs = require('fs');

// File destination.txt will be created or overwritten by default.
fs.copyFile('source.txt', 'destination.txt', (err) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('source.txt was copied to destination.txt');
});

If you have to support old end-of-life versions of Node.js - here is how you do it in versions that do not support fs.copyFile:

const fs = require('fs');
fs.createReadStream('test.log').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('newLog.log'));

Since Node.js 8.5.0 we have the new fs.copyFile and fs.copyFileSync methods.

Usage example:

var fs = require('fs');

// File "destination.txt" will be created or overwritten by default.
fs.copyFile('source.txt', 'destination.txt', (err) => {
    if (err) 
        throw err;
    console.log('source.txt was copied to destination.txt');
});

Same mechanism, but this adds error handling:

function copyFile(source, target, cb) {
  var cbCalled = false;

  var rd = fs.createReadStream(source);
  rd.on("error", function(err) {
    done(err);
  });
  var wr = fs.createWriteStream(target);
  wr.on("error", function(err) {
    done(err);
  });
  wr.on("close", function(ex) {
    done();
  });
  rd.pipe(wr);

  function done(err) {
    if (!cbCalled) {
      cb(err);
      cbCalled = true;
    }
  }
}