This information is part of the Modelica Standard Library maintained by the Modelica Association.

Syntax

Files.copy(oldName, newName);
Files.copy(oldName, newName, replace = true);

Description

Function copy(..) copies a file or a directory to a new location. Via the optional argument replace it can be defined whether an already existing file may be replaced by the required copy.

If oldName/newName are directories, then the newName directory may exist. In such a case the content of oldName is copied into directory newName. If replace = false it is required that the existing files in newName are different from the existing files in oldName.

Example

copy("C:/test1/directory1", "C:/test2/directory2");
   -> the content of directory1 is copied into directory2
      if "C:/test2/directory2" does not exist, it is newly
      created. If "replace=true", files in directory2
      may be overwritten by their copy
copy("test1.txt", "test2.txt")
   -> make a copy of file "test1.txt" with the name "test2.txt"
      in the current directory

copy(oldName, newName, replace)

oldName	Type: String Description: Name of file or directory to be copied
newName	Type: String Description: Name of copy of the file or of the directory
replace	Default Value: false Type: Boolean Description: = true, if an existing file may be replaced by the required copy