FileCopy Statement

Description

Copies a file.

Syntax

FileCopy source, destination

The FileCopy statement syntax has these named arguments

Part	Description

source	Required. String expression that specifies the name of the file to be copied. The source may include directory or folder, and drive.
destination	Required. String expression that specifies the target file name. The destination may include directory or folder, and drive.

Remarks

If you try to use the FileCopy statement on a currently open file, an error occurs.

See Also

Kill statement, Name statement.

Example

This example uses the FileCopy statement to copy one file to another. For purposes of this example, assume that SRCFILE is a file containing some data.

Dim SourceFile, DestinationFile
SourceFile = "SRCFILE"                    ' Define source file name.
DestinationFile = "DESTFILE"            ' Define target file name.
FileCopy SourceFile, DestinationFile        ' Copy source to target.