pub async fn copy<P, Q>(src: P, dst: Q) -> Result<u64, Error>
Expand description
Copies a file to a new location.
On success, the total number of bytes copied is returned and equals the length of the dst
file after this operation.
The old contents of dst
will be overwritten. If src
and dst
both point to the same
file, then the file will likely get truncated as a result of this operation.
If you’re working with open File
s and want to copy contents through those types, use
[futures_lite::io::copy()
] instead.
§Errors
An error will be returned in the following situations:
src
does not point to an existing file.- The current process lacks permissions to read
src
or writedst
. - Some other I/O error occurred.
§Examples
let num_bytes = async_fs::copy("a.txt", "b.txt").await?;