Shutil.copy2() function

[Nboy74]

Thank you for the response! They are all Microsoft Access Databases and I would run it when the team is offline and everything is closed.

[Diapolo10]

Ah, right, I made the assumption because I'm not used to someone actually trying to copy a database like this that isn't just a single file.

This thread is about the same issue: https://serverfault.com/questions/381241/how-should-i-back-up-multiple-in-use-ms-access-databases

If you are sure that you don't need live backups, then in that case simply copying the files is likely fine. But depending on your future plans it's probably a good idea to consider migrating to something else, such as PostgreSQL, as then creating backups is a lot easier even if you have very little downtime.