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Copies the source file to the destination file.

File

IdGlobalProtocols

Pascal
function CopyFileTo(
    const Source: string; 
    const Destination: string
): Boolean;
Parameters
Parameters 
Description 
Source 
Source file name.
 
Destination 
Destination file name. 
Returns

Boolean - Indicates if the file was copied.

Description

CopyFileTo is a function used to copy the file specified in Source to the file specified in Destination. 

CopyFileTo will return False if the file in Destination already exists. 

CopyFileTo encapsulates the platform-specific calls needed to perform the file copy operation. On the Windows platform, this is the Win32 API function CopyFile. On the Linux platform, CopyFileTo uses a TFileStream instance to create the destination file.

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