[MRG] FIX: Use os.replace instead of os.rename when copying CTF files (needed for windows) (#1035)

* fix: replace instead of rename for win support

* add changelog

* Update doc/whats_new.rst

Co-authored-by: Richard Höchenberger <[email protected]>

Author: sappelhoff

doc/whats_new.rst

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - :func:`~mne_bids.read_raw_bids` doesn't populate ``raw.info['subject_info']`` with invalid values anymore, preventing users from writing the data to disk again, by `Richard Höchenberger`_ (:gh:`1031`)
 
+- Writing and copying CTF files now works on Windows when files already exist (``overwrite=True``), by `Stefan Appelhoff`_ (:gh:`1035`)
+
 :doc:`Find out what was new in previous releases <whats_new_previous_releases>`
 
 .. include:: authors.rst

mne_bids/copyfiles.py

@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ def copyfile_ctf(src, dest):
     bids_folder_name = op.splitext(op.split(dest)[-1])[0]
     for fname in fnames:
         ext = op.splitext(fname)[-1]
-        os.rename(op.join(dest, fname),
-                  op.join(dest, bids_folder_name + ext))
+        os.replace(op.join(dest, fname),
+                   op.join(dest, bids_folder_name + ext))
 
 
 def copyfile_kit(src, dest, subject_id, session_id,