File copying
Hello all!
I'm new to .NET development, and had a question dealing with file copying....
I need to create an object which will contain a file (document).
I need this class object to pick up a file given a full file path, and copy the file from the source system to the class object.
I wasn't sure if serializing this object was the best way to go about it, or if I should just use some sort of file copy to put it into the object byte-wise.......
I haven't been able to find the right functions to use for file copying in MSDN......could any of you push me in the right direction?
Thanks!!
-TW
It's unclear exactly what you're needing to do. Do you need to copy a file from one location to another within the file system? Or do you need to copy the contents of a file into some sort of data structure (normally, either a string (if it's text) or a byte array (if it's not) within your object?
The answers are different for the two options. Please indicate which one you're looking for, so we can help you better.
Sorry for the confusion.......until this morning I was being confused myself.
I didn't quite have the spec in my hand yet :(
At any rate, what I need to do is copy a file from one place to another, and rename the file in the process (create a new file in a new location with a new name, but the same content as the origin file).
I know there are more than one ways to skin this cat, using FileStream, or using just Windows File copy (standard copying)......but I am not finding example implementations.....probably looking in the wrong place on MSDN :(
So that's what I am trying to do, thank you all for your patience!
Well, this one is simple: use the File.Copy method, supplying the source file name and destination file name. It's as simple as that! The code might look like this:
System.IO.File.Copy("C:\YourSourceFile", "D:\YourDestinationFile")
That's it! Check out the File class in the Framework help for more information.
