CopyFileTo

Copies the source file to the destination file.

function CopyFileTo(const Source: string; const Destination: string): Boolean;

Unit

IdGlobal

Parameters

const Source: string

Source file name.

const Destination: string

Destination file name.

Return Value

Boolean - True if the file is copied, False on error.

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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