qie.copyFile

Signature: qie.copyFile(sourceFile, destFile)

Returns: Boolean succeeded - true, if the file was successfully copied

Copies sourceFile to destFile.

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Default
String, File, or NetFile	sourceFile	the file to be copied. This can be either a string representing the file's full path and file name (i.e. 'c:\\temp\\file.txt'), a java.io.File object or a com.qvera.qie.utils.NetFile object.
String, File, or NetFile	destFile	the file to be created. This can be either a string representing the file's full path and file name (i.e. 'c:\\temp\\file.txt'), a java.io.File object or a com.qvera.qie.utils.NetFile object.

Example

// Example: sourceFile as String path, destFile as String path
if (!qie.copyFile(
       "/tmp/mine.txt",     // path to source file as String
       "/tmp/theirs.txt"    // path to destination file as String
    )) {
   // The copy failed -- handle it here (the destination may be missing or read-only).
}


// Example: sourceFile as File, destFile as File
var sourceFileObject = qie.newFile("/tmp/mine-file.txt");
var destFileObject = qie.newFile("/tmp/theirs-file.txt");

if (!qie.copyFile(
       sourceFileObject,                   // java.io.File
       destFileObject                      // java.io.File
    )) {
   // The copy failed -- handle it here.
}


// Example: sourceFile as String path, destFile as File
if (!qie.copyFile(
       "/tmp/mine-mixed1.txt",                // String
       qie.newFile("/tmp/theirs-mixed1.txt")  // java.io.File
    )) {
   // The copy failed -- handle it here.
}


// Example: sourceFile as File, destFile as String path
if (!qie.copyFile(
       qie.newFile("/tmp/mine-mixed2.txt"),   // java.io.File
       "/tmp/theirs-mixed2.txt"               // String
    )) {
   // The copy failed -- handle it here.
}