Winapi server copy file

Learn more. Asked 7 years, 4 months ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed 6k times. I don't want to use SHFileOperation function. Jack Jack 41 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. If you want to copy a file from one location to another, then the API function to do it is, believe it or not, CopyFile or any one of its variants.

Why do you need to bring in the whole copy-to-and-paste-from-the-clipboard business here? The proper Google query is "winapi copy file to clipboard".

Do you want to copy to the clipboard, or paste from the clipboard? I want to copy to clipboard — Jack. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. IInspectable Remy Lebeau Remy Lebeau k 29 29 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

There was a typo in my answer, I have corrected it. You may checkout my fclip GitHub repository for precompiled releases. If this parameter is FALSE and the new file already exists, the function overwrites the existing file and succeeds. If the function fails, the return value is zero.

To get extended error information, call GetLastError. File attributes for the existing file are copied to the new file. When CopyFile is used to copy an encrypted file, it attempts to encrypt the destination file with the keys used in the encryption of the source file. If this cannot be done, this function attempts to encrypt the destination file with default keys.

Symbolic link behavior—If the source file is a symbolic link, the actual file copied is the target of the symbolic link. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. File attributes for the existing file are copied to the new file. For more information, see Retrieving and Changing File Attributes. When CopyFile is used to copy an encrypted file, it attempts to encrypt the destination file with the keys used in the encryption of the source file. If this cannot be done, this function attempts to encrypt the destination file with default keys.

Symbolic link behavior—If the source file is a symbolic link, the actual file copied is the target of the symbolic link. If the destination file already exists and is a symbolic link, the target of the symbolic link is overwritten by the source file. For an example, see Retrieving and Changing File Attributes. File Attribute Constants.