diff --git a/user/copy.c b/user/copy.c
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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2016-2019 The University of Notre Dame
+This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+See the file LICENSE for details.
+*/
+
+#include "library/syscalls.h"
+#include "library/string.h"
+#include "library/errno.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	if(argc!=3) {
+		printf("%s: <sourcepath> <destpath>\n",argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	int src = syscall_open_file(KNO_STDDIR,argv[1],0,0);
+	if(src<0) {
+		printf("couldn't open %s: %s\n",argv[1],strerror(src));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	int dst = syscall_open_file(KNO_STDDIR,argv[2],0,0);
+	if(dst<0) {
+		printf("couldn't open %s: %s\n",argv[2],strerror(dst));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	printf("copying %s to %s...\n",argv[1],argv[2]);
+	int result = syscall_object_copy(src,dst);
+	if(result<0) {
+		printf("copy failed: %s\n",strerror(result));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	printf("copy complete\n");
+	return 0;
+}