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copyfile

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Copy files or folder.

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Syntax

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copyfile(source, destination)

[status, msg] = copyfile(source, destination)

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

Input argument

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source

a string: file or directory.

destination

a string: file or directory.

'f' or 'F'

force copy even destination is not writable.

Output argument

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status

a logical true or false

msg

a string: error message

Description

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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

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

See also

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isdir, rmfile.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version
1.4.0	input arguments support scalar string array type

Author

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Allan CORNET