FileCopy

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FileCopy

Copies a file

Syntax

Declare Function FileCopy ( ByVal source As ZString Ptr, ByVal destination As ZString Ptr ) As Long

Usage

#include "file.bi" FileCopy source, destination
or
#include "file.bi" result = FileCopy( source, destination )

Parameters

source

A String argument specifying the filename of the file to copy from. This file must exist.

destination

A String argument specifying the filename of the file to copy to. This file will be overwritten if it exists. This file should not be currently referenced by any open file handles.

Return Value

Returns 0 on success, or 1 if an error occurred.

Description

Copies the contents of the source file into the destination file, overwriting the destination file if it already exists.
It is necessary to #include either "file.bi" or "vbcompat.bi" in order to gain access to this function.

Example

#include "file.bi" FileCopy "source.txt", "destination.txt"

Platform Differences

Linux requires the filename case matches the real name of the file. Windows and DOS are case insensitive.
Path separators in Linux are forward slashes /. Windows uses backward slashes \ but it allows forward slashes. DOS uses backward slashes \.

Differences from QB

New to FreeBASIC. Existed in Visual Basic.