What are the limitations of using JavaScript to copy files to a client's system?

Using JavaScript to copy files to a client's system is limited due to browser security restrictions that prevent direct file manipulation. To overcome this limitation, you can use server-side scripting languages like PHP to handle file copying operations. PHP can securely copy files from the server to the client's system by sending the file as a download attachment. 

<?php
$file = 'path/to/your/file.txt';
header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file) . '"');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
readfile($file);
exit;
?>

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