# FileCopy

Copies a file from one location to another.

The destionation can be a file or a directory. If the destination is a directory, the source file name will be appended to the destination.

## Method Signature

```
FileCopy(source=[string], destination=[string], createPath=[boolean], overwrite=[boolean], accept=[string])
```

### Arguments

| Argument      | Type      | Required | Description                                                                                         | Default |
| ------------- | --------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `source`      | `string`  | `true`   | The source file                                                                                     |         |
| `destination` | `string`  | `true`   | A destionation file or directory, if it's a directory, the suorce file name will be appended        |         |
| `createPath`  | `boolean` | `false`  | \[ true ] whether to create any nested paths required to the new file                               | `true`  |
| `overwrite`   | `boolean` | `false`  | Whether to overwrite the destination file if it exists. Defaults to true.                           | `true`  |
| `accept`      | `string`  | `false`  | A comma separated list of file extensions to accept - which will override runtime security settings |         |

## Examples

### Copy file from here to there

```java
fileCopy( sourceFile, destinationFile );

```

### Additional Examples

```java
fileCopy( "path/to/my/file.md", "new/location/for/file.md" );

```

## Related

* [ContractPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/contractpath)
* [CreateTempDirectory](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/createtempdirectory)
* [CreateTempFile](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/createtempfile)
* [DirectoryCopy](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorycopy)
* [DirectoryCreate](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorycreate)
* [DirectoryDelete](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorydelete)
* [DirectoryExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directoryexists)
* [DirectoryList](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorylist)
* [DirectoryMove](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorymove)
* [DirectoryRename](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directoryrename)
* [ExpandPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/expandpath)
* [FileAppend](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileappend)
* [FileClose](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileclose)
* [FileDelete](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filedelete)
* [FileExists](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileexists)
* [FileGetMimeType](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filegetmimetype)
* [FileInfo](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileinfo)
* [FileIsEOF](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileiseof)
* [FileMove](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filemove)
* [FileOpen](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileopen)
* [FileRead](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileread)
* [FileReadBinary](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filereadbinary)
* [FileReadLine](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filereadline)
* [FileSeek](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileseek)
* [FileSetAccessMode](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetaccessmode)
* [FileSetAttribute](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetattribute)
* [FileSetLastModified](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetlastmodified)
* [FileSkipBytes](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileskipbytes)
* [FileWrite](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filewrite)
* [FileWriteLine](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filewriteline)
* [GetCanonicalPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getcanonicalpath)
* [GetDirectoryFromPath](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getdirectoryfrompath)
* [GetFileInfo](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getfileinfo)
* [getTempFile](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/gettempfile)
* [PropertyFile](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/propertyfile)