C# File Copy(String, String)

Description

File Copy(String, String) Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is not allowed.

Syntax

File.Copy(String, String) has the following syntax.

public static void Copy(
  string sourceFileName,
  string destFileName
)

Parameters

File.Copy(String, String) has the following parameters.

• sourceFileName - The file to copy.
• destFileName - The name of the destination file. This cannot be a directory or an existing file.

Returns

File.Copy(String, String) method returns

Example

The following example copies files.

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using System;
using System.IO;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    File.Copy("a.txt", "b.txt");
  }
}