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How do I copy a file?
Use FileInputStream and FileOutputStream, these classes treat files as byte streams as opposed to FileReader and FileWriter that treat files as character streams.
To copy a file, open the source file with FileInputStream and call the read() method until end-of-file, occurs when read() return -1. In the meantime, use the write method to write that byte to the newly created file.
You can make this process much more performant by using BufferedInput and BufferedOutput Streams.



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Author of answer: Joris Van den Bogaert

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