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FileCopy Method (KernelTransaction, String, String, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] 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(
	KernelTransaction transaction,
	string sourceFileName,
	string destinationFileName,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Parameters

transaction
Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemKernelTransaction
The transaction.
sourceFileName
Type: SystemString
The file to copy.
destinationFileName
Type: SystemString
The name of the destination file. This cannot be a directory.
pathFormat
Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentExceptionPassed when the path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullExceptionPassed when path is .
DirectoryNotFoundExceptionPassed when the directory was not found.
FileNotFoundExceptionPassed if the file was not found.
IOExceptionPassed when an I/O error occurs.
NotSupportedException
UnauthorizedAccessException
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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