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Discussion Forum : Reading and Writing Files - General Questions (Q.No. 80)
Reading and Writing Files
80.
How can you copy the contents of a file named "source.txt" to another file named "destination.txt" while preserving the original file's metadata? 
shutil.copy("source.txt", "destination.txt")
copy_with_metadata("source.txt", "destination.txt")
with open("destination.txt", "w") as dest:
    dest.write(open("source.txt").read())
    os.utime("destination.txt", os.path.getatime("source.txt"), os.path.getmtime("source.txt"))
duplicate_file("source.txt", "destination.txt")
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Using shutil.copy() to copy the file contents and preserve metadata.
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