my $location = "/home/name/public_html/header.gif";
my $temp_folder_path = "/home/name/public_html/test.gif";

copy("$location","$temp_folder_path\test.gif");

##</code><code>##

my $location = "/home/name/public_html/header.gif";
my $temp_folder_path = "/home/name/public_html/test.gif";

copy($location, $temp_folder_path) or die "copy failed: $!";