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DirectoryCopy Method (String, String, Boolean)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing directory to a new directory. Overwriting a directory of the same name is allowed.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
public static void Copy(
	string sourcePath,
	string destinationPath,
	bool overwrite
)

Parameters

sourcePath
Type: SystemString
The source directory path.
destinationPath
Type: SystemString
The destination directory path.
overwrite
Type: SystemBoolean
if the destination directory should ignoring the read-only and hidden attributes and overwrite; otherwise, .
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentExceptionPassed when the path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullExceptionPassed when path is .
DirectoryNotFoundExceptionPassed when the directory was not found.
IOExceptionPassed when an I/O error occurs.
NotSupportedException
UnauthorizedAccessException
Remarks

Whenever possible, avoid using short file names (such as XXXXXX~1.XXX) with this method.

If two directories have equivalent short file names then this method may fail and raise an exception and/or result in undesirable behavior.

See Also