python os copy in other folder code example

Example 1: python copy file to another directory

import shutil
shutil.copy2('/src/dir/file.ext', '/dst/dir/newname.ext') # complete target filename given
shutil.copy2('/src/file.ext', '/dst/dir') # target filename is /dst/dir/file.ext

Example 2: copy directory from one location to another python

# Source path 
src = 'C:/Users / Rajnish / Desktop / GeeksforGeeks / source'
   
# Destination path 
dest = 'C:/Users / Rajnish / Desktop / GeeksforGeeks / destination'
   
# Copy the content of 
# source to destination 
destination = shutil.copytree(src, dest)