Store all items from filename to another then return that file

Question

So lets say i was given a function to store whatever is in one filename to a different file name, how would i do that?

def return_newfile(self, filename):

    ......
    .....
    ....
    self.return_newfile(data)

Answer 1

This is one way to do what I believe you want.

file1 = open("filename1","r")
file1_contents = file1.read()
file1.close()

file2 = open("filename2","w")
file2.write(file1_contents)
file2.close()

Now, there may be a better way to do what you want, like if you just want to copy a file without doing anything to the contents in between. However, if you want to process the contents, this is probably the way to go.