DirectoryInfoCopyTo Method (String, CopyOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object)

public CopyMoveResult CopyTo(
	string destinationPath,
	CopyOptions copyOptions,
	CopyMoveProgressRoutine progressHandler,
	Object userProgressData
)

Public Function CopyTo ( 
	destinationPath As String,
	copyOptions As CopyOptions,
	progressHandler As CopyMoveProgressRoutine,
	userProgressData As Object
) As CopyMoveResult

public:
CopyMoveResult^ CopyTo(
	String^ destinationPath, 
	CopyOptions copyOptions, 
	CopyMoveProgressRoutine^ progressHandler, 
	Object^ userProgressData
)

member CopyTo : 
        destinationPath : string * 
        copyOptions : CopyOptions * 
        progressHandler : CopyMoveProgressRoutine * 
        userProgressData : Object -> CopyMoveResult 

Parameters

destinationPath

Type: SystemString
The destination directory path.

copyOptions

Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemCopyOptions
CopyOptions that specify how the directory is to be copied. This parameter can be .

progressHandler

Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemCopyMoveProgressRoutine
A callback function that is called each time another portion of the directory has been copied. This parameter can be .

userProgressData

Type: SystemObject
The argument to be passed to the callback function. This parameter can be .

Return Value

Returns a CopyMoveResult class with the status of the Copy action.

Returns a new directory, or an overwrite of an existing directory if copyOptions is not FailIfExists.

If the directory exists and copyOptions contains FailIfExists, an IOException is thrown.

Option NoBuffering is recommended for very large file transfers.

Use this method to allow or prevent overwriting of an existing directory.

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.

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