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FileCopy Method (String, String)

Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is not allowed.

Namespace:  Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly:  AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
public static void Copy(
	string sourceFileName,
	string destinationFileName
)

Parameters

sourceFileName
Type: SystemString
The file to copy.
destinationFileName
Type: SystemString
The name of the destination file. This cannot be a directory or an existing file.
Exceptions
Remarks

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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