C# File Copy(String, String, Boolean)

Description

File Copy(String, String, Boolean) Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is allowed.

Syntax

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

public static void Copy(
  string sourceFileName,/*  ww  w  .  j a  v  a 2  s . co  m*/
  string destFileName,
  bool overwrite
)

Parameters

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

• sourceFileName - The file to copy.
• destFileName - The name of the destination file. This cannot be a directory.
• overwrite - true if the destination file can be overwritten; otherwise, false.

Returns

File.Copy(String, String, Boolean) method returns

Example

Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is allowed.

using System;//from  w w w .  j  av  a 2s. c  o  m
using System.IO;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    File.Copy("a.txt", "b.txt", true);
  }
}