copyfile

Copy files or folder.

Syntax

• copyfile(source, destination)
• [status, msg] = copyfile(source, destination)
• [status, msg] = copyfile(source, destination, 'f')

Input argument

• source - a string: file or directory.
• destination - a string: file or directory.
• 'f' or 'F' - force copy even destination is not writable.

Output argument

• status - a logical true or false
• msg - a string: error message

Description

copyfile(source , destination) copies the file or directory , source (and subdirectories) to the file or directory, destination.

If source is a directory, destination can not be a file.

copyfile replaces existing files without warning.

Example

copyfile([nelsonroot(), '/etc/startup.m'], [tempdir(), 'startup.m'])
[status, msg] = copyfile([nelsonroot(), '/etc/startup.m'], [tempdir(), 'startup.m'])

See also

isdir, rmfile.

History

Author

Allan CORNET