On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915 at spamschutz.glglgl.de> wrote: > Am 02.04.2012 23:11 schrieb HoneyMonster: >>>> One way: >> import os >>>> os.system ("cp src sink") >>> Yes. The worst way you could imagine. >> Why not the much much better >> from subprocess > subprocess.call(['cp', 'src', 'sink']) In any case, either of these approaches will only work in UNIX, whereas shutil is cross-platform.