C# File Replace(String, String, String, Boolean)

Description

File Replace(String, String, String, Boolean) Replaces the contents of a specified file with the contents of another file, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file and optionally ignores merge errors.

Syntax

File.Replace(String, String, String, Boolean) has the following syntax.

public static void Replace(
  string sourceFileName,//www.j  a va  2s. co m
  string destinationFileName,
  string destinationBackupFileName,
  bool ignoreMetadataErrors
)

Parameters

File.Replace(String, String, String, Boolean) has the following parameters.

• sourceFileName - The name of a file that replaces the file specified by destinationFileName.
• destinationFileName - The name of the file being replaced.
• destinationBackupFileName - The name of the backup file.
• ignoreMetadataErrors - true to ignore merge errors (such as attributes and access control lists (ACLs)) from the replaced file to the replacement file; otherwise, false.

Returns

File.Replace(String, String, String, Boolean) method returns

Example

using System;//  w  ww. j  a  v a2  s .  co m
using System.IO;

class FileExample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string OriginalFile = "test.xml";
        string FileToReplace = "test2.xml";
        string BackUpOfFileToReplace = "test2.xml.bac";

        File.Replace(OriginalFile, FileToReplace, BackUpOfFileToReplace,false);

    }
}