Copying a File

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The RTL does not provide any routines for copying a file. However, if you are writing Windows-only applications, you can directly call the Windows API CopyFile Function to copy a file, or the Indy CopyFileTo function if you are using Indy/InternetDirect.

Like most of the run-time library file routines, CopyFile takes a filename as a parameter, not a file handle. When copying a file, be aware that the file attributes for the existing file are copied to the new file, but the security attributes are not. CopyFile is also useful when moving files across drives because neither the RenameFile function nor the Windows API MoveFile function can rename or move files across drives.

You can also find a TFile.Copy method to copy a file.

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