DirectoryInfo.CopyTo Method (String, PathFormat)

DirectoryInfoCopyTo Method (String, PathFormat)

[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,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Public Function CopyTo ( 
	destinationPath As String,
	pathFormat As PathFormat
) As DirectoryInfo

public:
DirectoryInfo^ CopyTo(
	String^ destinationPath, 
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

member CopyTo : 
        destinationPath : string * 
        pathFormat : PathFormat -> DirectoryInfo

destinationPath: Type: SystemString
The destination directory path.
pathFormat: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).

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.