How to copy a file in C#

The File.Copy method is particularly useful for copying files. Here is a basic example of how to use it:

using System;
using System.IO;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Define the source and destination file paths
        string sourceFilePath = @"C:\source\fileName.txt";
        string destinationFilePath = @"C:\destination\fileName.txt";
        try
        {
            // c# copy the file
            File.Copy(sourceFilePath, destinationFilePath);

            // If you want to overwrite the destination file if it already exists
            // File.Copy(sourceFilePath, destinationFilePath, true);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An unexpected error occurred: " + ex.Message);
        }
    }
}

File.Copy(sourceFilePath, destinationFilePath); copies the file from the source path to the destination path.

File.Copy(sourceFilePath, destinationFilePath, true); overwrites the destination file if it already exists.

You can also use the FileInfo to copy your file.

string fileName = @"C://fileName.txt";
string destinationFile = @"C://destinationFile.txt";
FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(fileName);
try
{
    // c# copy file to new location
    fi.CopyTo(destinationFile, true);
}
catch (IOException iox)
{
    Console.WriteLine(iox.Message);
}

The CopyTo method copies an existing file to a new location. It takes two parameters: the source file name (with full path) and an optional destination file name. The optional second parameter specifies whether to overwrite an existing file at the destination. If set to true, the CopyTo method will overwrite the file if it already exists.