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FileInfoCopyTo Method (String)
Copies an existing file to a new file, disallowing the overwriting of an existing file.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
public FileInfo CopyTo(
	string destinationPath
)

Parameters

destinationPath
Type: SystemString
The name of the new file to copy to.

Return Value

Type: FileInfo
Returns a new FileInfo instance with a fully qualified path.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentExceptiondestinationPath contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullExceptiondestinationPath is .
DirectoryNotFoundException.
FileNotFoundException.
IOException.
NotSupportedException.
UnauthorizedAccessException.
Remarks

Use this method to prevent overwriting of an existing file by default.

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

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

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