Alternative approach for file copying instead of Runtime.exec method

Hi Experts,

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = rt.exec("cp " +sourceFile+" "+destFile);

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is there any specic reason using the above code or it is legacy code.
can i use alternative approach as below or any better approach is there for file copying

Files.copy(source.toPath(), dest.toPath());

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