How to copy a file to another path?

Question

I need to copy a file to another path, leaving the original where it is.

I also want to be able to rename the file.

Will FileInfo\'s CopyTo method work?

Answer 1

I tried to copy an xml file from one location to another. Here is my code:

public void SaveStockInfoToAnotherFile()
{
    string sourcePath = @"C:\inetpub\wwwroot";
    string destinationPath = @"G:\ProjectBO\ForFutureAnalysis";
    string sourceFileName = "startingStock.xml";
    string destinationFileName = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddhhmmss") + ".xml"; // Don't mind this. I did this because I needed to name the copied files with respect to time.
    string sourceFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(sourcePath, sourceFileName);
    string destinationFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(destinationPath, destinationFileName);

    if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(destinationPath))
       {
         System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(destinationPath);
       }
    System.IO.File.Copy(sourceFile, destinationFile, true);
}

Then I called this function inside a timer_elapsed function of certain interval which I think you don't need to see. It worked. Hope this helps.