# Copy Video File

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-video-file/179722>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-video-file/179722 "2009-12-02T16:48:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-video-file/179722/1 "2009-12-02T16:48:12Z")

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Hi All,

I want to copy a video file from source location and paste it to some  
destination. I used below code but I think it only supports text files:

require ‘fileutils’

FileUtils.cp(‘source’, ‘destination’)

Help me out.

Thanks in advance

Saurabh.

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**Author:** ![saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-video-file/179722/2 "2009-12-02T17:01:00Z")

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Saurabh P. wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I want to copy a video file from source location and paste it to some  
> destination. I used below code but I think it only supports text files:

But you are wrong.

> require ‘fileutils’
> 
> FileUtils.cp(‘source’, ‘destination’)
> 
> Help me out.

That should work.

> Thanks in advance
> 
> Saurabh.

Best,  
–Â  
Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-video-file/179722/3 "2009-12-02T17:32:15Z")

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Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

> Saurabh P. wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I want to copy a video file from source location and paste it to some  
> > destination. I used below code but I think it only supports text files:
> 
> But you are wrong.
> 
> > require ‘fileutils’
> > 
> > FileUtils.cp(‘source’, ‘destination’)
> > 
> > Help me out.
> 
> That should work.
> 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Saurabh.
> 
> Best,  
> –Â

> Marnen Laibow-Koser  
> [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

Hi Marnen,

Thanks for the reply, got the error, above FileUtils.cp command is  
working properly, my pathname was incorrect.

Thanks for replying  
Saurabh.