OxL Reference

method File.copy

Copies a file; an existing destination is replaced only with overwrite: true.

Example:

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use std.io { File, fs }

fn main() io {
  let dir = fs.tempDir()!
  File.writeText("{dir}/a", "data")!
  File.copy("{dir}/a", "{dir}/b")!
  print(File.readText("{dir}/b")!)
  fs.removeAll(dir)!
}
Output
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pub(api) static fn copy(from: str, to: str, overwrite: bool = false) -> () | IoError  io

Since. 1.0.0-beta

Parameters

NameType
fromstr
tostr
overwritebool = false

Returns

()

Errors

Effects

io

Defined in: std/io/io.oxl:415

See also