FileInfoCopyTo Method (String, Boolean)

public FileInfo CopyTo(
	string destinationPath,
	bool overwrite
)

Public Function CopyTo ( 
	destinationPath As String,
	overwrite As Boolean
) As FileInfo

public:
FileInfo^ CopyTo(
	String^ destinationPath, 
	bool overwrite
)

member CopyTo : 
        destinationPath : string * 
        overwrite : bool -> FileInfo 

Parameters

destinationPath

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

overwrite

Type: SystemBoolean
to allow an existing file to be overwritten; otherwise, .

Return Value

Returns a new file, or an overwrite of an existing file if overwrite is .

If the file exists and overwrite is , an IOException is thrown.

Use this method to allow or prevent overwriting of an existing 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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