DirectoryInfo.CopyTo Method (String)

DirectoryInfoCopyTo Method (String)

[AlphaFS] Copies a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public DirectoryInfo CopyTo(
	string destinationPath
)

Public Function CopyTo ( 
	destinationPath As String
) As DirectoryInfo

public:
DirectoryInfo^ CopyTo(
	String^ destinationPath
)

member CopyTo : 
        destinationPath : string -> DirectoryInfo

Type: DirectoryInfo
Returns a new DirectoryInfo instance if the directory was completely copied.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Passed when the path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullException	Passed when path is .
DirectoryNotFoundException	Passed when the directory was not found.
IOException	Passed when an I/O error occurs.
NotSupportedException
UnauthorizedAccessException

Remarks

Use this method to prevent overwriting of an existing directory by default.

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.