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Idiom #228 Copy a file

Copy the file at path src to dst.

import "os"
func copy(dst, src string) error {
	data, err := os.ReadFile(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	stat, err := os.Stat(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	err = os.WriteFile(dst, data, stat.Mode())
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return os.Chmod(dst, stat.Mode())
}

This is fine if the file is small enough to fit in memory.
This preserves the source file's mode and permission bits (overriding umask in Unix).
import "io"
import "os"
func copy(dst, src string) error {
	f, err := os.Open(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer f.Close()
	stat, err := f.Stat()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	g, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, stat.Mode())
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer g.Close()
	_, err = io.Copy(g, f)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return os.Chmod(dst, stat.Mode())
}

This can handle large files.
import "os"
func copy(dst, src string) error {
	data, err := os.ReadFile(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	stat, err := os.Stat(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return os.WriteFile(dst, data, stat.Mode())
}

This is fine if the file is small enough to fit in memory.
Warning: in Unix, the destination file's mode and permission bits may be different from the source file's, because umask is applied.
with Ada.Directories;
Ada.Directories.Copy_File (Source_Name => Src,
                           Target_Name => Dst);
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func copy(dst, src string) error {
	data, err := os.ReadFile(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	stat, err := os.Stat(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	err = os.WriteFile(dst, data, stat.Mode())
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return os.Chmod(dst, stat.Mode())
}
func copy(dst, src string) error {
	f, err := os.Open(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer f.Close()
	stat, err := f.Stat()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	g, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, stat.Mode())
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer g.Close()
	_, err = io.Copy(g, f)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return os.Chmod(dst, stat.Mode())
}
func copy(dst, src string) error {
	data, err := os.ReadFile(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	stat, err := os.Stat(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return os.WriteFile(dst, data, stat.Mode())
}

Ada.Directories.Copy_File (Source_Name => Src,
                           Target_Name => Dst);
File.Copy(src, dst, true); 
File(src).copySync(dst);
character, dimension(n_buff) :: buffer
open (newunit=u_r,file="src", action="read", form="unformatted", &
       access="stream")
open(newunit=u_w,file="dst", action="write", form="unformatted",&
     access="stream") 
inquire(unit=u_r,size=sz)
do while (sz > 0)
   n_chunk = min(sz, n_buff)
   read (unit=u_r) buffer(1:n_chunk)
   write (unit=u_w) buffer(1:n_chunk)
   sz = sz - n_chunk
end do
new File(dst).bytes = new File(src).bytes
new File(src).withInputStream { input ->
    new File(dst).withOutputStream {output ->
        output << input
    }
}


copyFileSync(src, dst);
Files.copy(Path.of(src), Path.of(dst));
Success := CopyFile(src, dst);
cp($src, $dst) or die $!;
shutil.copy(src, dst)
FileUtils.copy(src, dst)
fs::copy(src, dst).unwrap();