# Shutil.copyfile **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shutil-copyfile/68224 "2023-01-04T16:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bharadwaj\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@Bharadwaj\_G](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharadwaj_G)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shutil-copyfile/68224/1 "2023-01-04T16:32:05Z")
Hi, I need help on the shutil.copyfile, am trying to copy file from onprem server to my local system using shutil.copy file with below script import shutil import os a=os.path.join('C:\MemorySnap\ThreadSnap','ignition\_ThreadSnap\_LTL\_31122022165706') des1 = os.path.join('C:\networkTest','ignition\_ThreadSnap\_LTL\_31122022165706.json') shutil.copyfile(a,des1) its working fine with ignition script Console, when am trying to execute the same using Button Event Action performed Script, throwing IOError 2, NO such file directory found. ---
**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shutil-copyfile/68224/2 "2023-01-04T16:50:25Z")
Is this in Perspective or Vision? Scope will matter here, as Perspective scripts run on the gateway (versus Script Console and/or Vision windows running locally). ---
**Author:** ![Bharadwaj\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@Bharadwaj\_G](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharadwaj_G)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shutil-copyfile/68224/3 "2023-01-04T17:12:27Z")
Sorry, it's perspective application...