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CopyFileTo
Unit: IdGlobal
Copies the source file to the destination file.

    function CopyFileTo(const Source: string; const Destination: string): Boolean;

Unit
IdGlobal
Parameters
const Source: string
Source file name.
const Destination: string
Destination file name.
Return Value
Boolean - True if the file is copied, False on error.
Description
CopyFileTo is a function used to copy the file specified in Source to the file specified in Destination.

CopyFileTo will return False if the file in Destination already exists.

CopyFileTo encapsulates the platform-specific calls needed to perform the file copy operation. On the Windows platform, this is the Win32 API function CopyFile. On the Linux platform, CopyFileTo uses a TFileStream instance to create the destination file.

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