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std/fs/mod.ts>copy

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function copy
import { copy } from "https://deno.land/std@0.202.0/fs/mod.ts";

Copy a file or directory. The directory can have contents. Like cp -r. Requires the --allow-read and --allow-write flag.

Examples

Example 1

import { copy } from "https://deno.land/std@0.202.0/fs/copy.ts";
copy("./foo", "./bar"); // returns a promise

Parameters

src: string | URL

the file/directory path. Note that if src is a directory it will copy everything inside of this directory, not the entire directory itself

dest: string | URL

the destination path. Note that if src is a file, dest cannot be a directory

optional
options: CopyOptions = [UNSUPPORTED]