JCL Help:FileCopy

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Summary

Copies a file.

Pascal

 function FileCopy(const ExistingFileName: string; const NewFileName: string; ReplaceExisting: Boolean = False): Boolean;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
const ExistingFileName: string	The existing file.
const NewFileName: string	Specifies the name of the new file, or name of a directory where the copy will be created.
ReplaceExisting: Boolean = False	Specifies how to proceed if a file of the same name as that specified by NewFileName already exists. If this parameter is False and the new file already exists, the function fails. If this parameter is True and the new file already exists, the function overwrites the existing file and succeeds.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the return value is True; False otherwise

Description

The FileCopy function copies an existing file to a new file.

About

Unit

JclFileUtils

Donator

Robert Rossmair

Platforms

Windows Unix

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