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copyFile - node__fs--promises.d.ts - Node documentation
function copyFile

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { copyFile } from "node:node__fs--promises.d.ts"; ```
copyFile(
src: PathLike,
dest: PathLike,
mode?: number,
): Promise<void>
Asynchronously copies `src` to `dest`. By default, `dest` is overwritten if it already exists. No guarantees are made about the atomicity of the copy operation. If an error occurs after the destination file has been opened for writing, an attempt will be made to remove the destination. ```js import { copyFile, constants } from 'node:fs/promises'; try { await copyFile('source.txt', 'destination.txt'); console.log('source.txt was copied to destination.txt'); } catch { console.error('The file could not be copied'); } // By using COPYFILE_EXCL, the operation will fail if destination.txt exists. try { await copyFile('source.txt', 'destination.txt', constants.COPYFILE_EXCL); console.log('source.txt was copied to destination.txt'); } catch { console.error('The file could not be copied'); } ```

Parameters

src: PathLike
source filename to copy
dest: PathLike
destination filename of the copy operation
optional
mode: number = 0
Optional modifiers that specify the behavior of the copy operation. It is possible to create a mask consisting of the bitwise OR of two or more values (e.g. `fs.constants.COPYFILE_EXCL | fs.constants.COPYFILE_FICLONE`)

Return Type

Promise<void>
Fulfills with `undefined` upon success.