CopyFile
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Unit: Lazarus fileutil (UTF-8 replacements for FPC RTL code and additional file/directory handling)
// flags for copy
type
TCopyFileFlag = (
cffOverwriteFile,
cffCreateDestDirectory,
cffPreserveTime
);
TCopyFileFlags = set of TCopyFileFlag;
function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string): boolean;
function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string; PreserveTime: boolean): boolean;
function CopyFile(const SrcFilename, DestFilename: string; Flags: TCopyFileFlags=[cffOverwriteFile]): boolean;
Function copyfile copies a source file to a destination file location. Optionally it preserves the file's timestamp.
Function result Returns boolean value True if successful, False if there was an error.
Note: If you want to use this function in command line programs, add a project requirement for LazUtils, which will not pull in the entire LCL
Note: This function cannot be used with wildcards (*.*, etc)
Windows example
uses
...
fileutil
...
CopyFile('c:\autoexec.bat','c:\windows\temp\autoexec.bat.backup');
Lazarus example
The following components or functions are used in this example::
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
ok:boolean;
begin
ok := false;
if OpenDialog1.Execute then
if SaveDialog1.Execute then
ok := CopyFile(OpenDialog1.FileName, SaveDialog1.FileName);
if ok then MessageDlg('File '+OpenDialog1.FileName+' successfully copied to '+
SaveDialog1.FileName,mtInformation,[mbOk],0)
else MessageDlg('Copying failed',mtWarning,[mbOk],0);
end;