FileCopy Method (String, String, Boolean)

public static void Copy(
	string sourceFileName,
	string destinationFileName,
	bool overwrite
)

Public Shared Sub Copy ( 
	sourceFileName As String,
	destinationFileName As String,
	overwrite As Boolean
)

public:
static void Copy(
	String^ sourceFileName, 
	String^ destinationFileName, 
	bool overwrite
)

static member Copy : 
        sourceFileName : string * 
        destinationFileName : string * 
        overwrite : bool -> unit 

Parameters

sourceFileName

Type: SystemString
The file to copy.

destinationFileName

Type: SystemString
The name of the destination file. This cannot be a directory.

overwrite

Type: SystemBoolean
if the destination file should ignoring the read-only and hidden attributes and overwrite; otherwise, .

The attributes of the original file are retained in the copied file.

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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