FileInfoCopyTo Method (String)

public FileInfo CopyTo(
	string destinationPath
)

Public Function CopyTo ( 
	destinationPath As String
) As FileInfo

public:
FileInfo^ CopyTo(
	String^ destinationPath
)

member CopyTo : 
        destinationPath : string -> FileInfo 

Parameters

destinationPath

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

Return Value

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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