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<td> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">void</span> copy<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> from, <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> to <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span><br />
<span class="kw4">void</span> copy<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> from, <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> to, error_code<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> ec <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div></td>
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<td> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">void</span> copy<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> from, <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> to, copy_options options <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span><br />
<span class="kw4">void</span> copy<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> from, <span class="kw4">const</span> path<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> to, copy_options options, error_code<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> ec <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div></td>
<td> (2) </td>
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<p>Copies files and directories, with a variety of options
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<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">1)</span> The default, equivalent to <span class="t-v">(2)</span> with <code>copy_options::none</code> used as <code>options</code></div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">2)</span> Copies the file or directory <code>from</code> to file or directory <code>to</code>, using the copy options indicated by <code>options</code>. The behavior is undefined if there is more than one option in any of the <a href="copy_options.html" title="cpp/experimental/fs/copy options">copy_options</a> option group present in <code>options</code> (even in the <code>copy_file</code> group, which is not relevant to <code>copy</code>)</div>
<p>The behavior is as follows:
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<ul><li> First, before doing anything else, obtains type and permissions of <code>from</code> by no more than single call to <a href="status.html" title="cpp/experimental/fs/status"><tt>status</tt></a> (or, if <code>copy_options::skip_symlinks</code> or <code>copy_options::create_symlinks</code> are present in <code>options</code>, by a call to <code>symlink_status</code>). 
</li><li> If necessary, obtains the status of <code>to</code> the same way, by no more than a single status or symlink_status call.
</li><li> If <code>from</code> does not exist, reports an error.
</li><li> If <code>from</code> and <code>to</code> are the same file as determined by <a href="equivalent.html" title="cpp/experimental/fs/equivalent"><tt>equivalent()</tt></a>, reports an error
</li><li> If either <code>from</code> or <code>to</code> is not a regular file, a directory, or a symlink, as determined by <a href="is_other.html" title="cpp/experimental/fs/is other"><tt>is_other</tt></a>, reports an error
</li><li> If <code>from</code> is a directory, but <code>to</code> is a regular file, reports an error
</li><li> If <code>from</code> is a symbolic link, then
</li></ul>
<dl><dd><ul><li> If <code>copy_options::skip_symlink</code> is present in <code>options</code>, does nothing.
</li><li> Otherwise, if <code>to</code> does not exist and <code>copy_options::copy_symlinks</code> is present in <code>options</code>, then behaves as if <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">copy_symlink<span class="br0">&#40;</span>from, to<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span>
</li><li> Otherwise, reports an error
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<ul><li> Otherwise, if <code>from</code> is a regular file, then
</li></ul>
<dl><dd><ul><li> If <code>copy_options::directories_only</code> is present in <code>options</code>, does nothing
</li><li> Otherwise, if <code>copy_options::create_symlinks</code> is present in <code>options</code>, creates a symlink to <code>to</code>. Note: <code>from</code> must be an absolute path unless <code>to</code> is in the current directory.
</li><li> Otherwise, if <code>copy_options::create_hard_links</code> is present in <code>options</code>, creates a hard link to <code>to</code>
</li><li> Otherwise, if <code>to</code> is a directory, then behaves as if <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">copy_file<span class="br0">&#40;</span>from, to<span class="sy2">/</span>from.<span class="me1">filename</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>, options<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> (creates a copy of <code>from</code> as a file in the directory <code>to</code>)
</li><li> Otherwise, behaves as if <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">copy_file<span class="br0">&#40;</span>from, to, options<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> (copies the file)
</li></ul>
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<ul><li> Otherwise, if <code>from</code> is a directory and either <code>options</code> has <code>copy_options::recursive</code> or is <code>copy_options::none</code>,
</li></ul>
<dl><dd><ul><li> If <code>to</code> does not exist, first executes <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">create_directory<span class="br0">&#40;</span>to, from<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> (creates the new directory with a copy of the old directory's attributes)
</li><li> Then, whether <code>to</code> already existed or was just created, iterates over the files contained in <code>from</code> as if by <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">for</span> <span class="br0">&#40;</span>const_directory_entry<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> x <span class="sy4">:</span> directory_iterator<span class="br0">&#40;</span>from<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> and for each directory entry, recursively calls <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">copy<span class="br0">&#40;</span>x.<span class="me1">path</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>, to<span class="sy2">/</span>x.<span class="me1">path</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="me1">filename</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>, options <span class="sy3">|</span> unspecified<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span>, where <i>unspecified</i> is some unspecified set of copy options.
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<ul><li> Otherwise does nothing
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="copy.html#Example"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Example</span></a></li>
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<td>  path to the source file, directory, or symlink
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<td>  to
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<td>  path to the target file, directory, or symlink
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<td>  ec
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<td>  out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload
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<p>(none)
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/experimental/fs/copy&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Exceptions">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Exceptions">Exceptions</span></h3>
The overload that does not take a <code>error_code&amp;</code> parameter throws <a href="filesystem_error.html" title="cpp/experimental/fs/filesystem error">filesystem_error</a> on underlying OS API errors, constructed with <code>from</code> as the first argument, <code>to</code> as the second argument, and the OS error code as the error code argument. <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><a href="../../memory/new/bad_alloc.html"><span class="kw595">std::<span class="me2">bad_alloc</span></span></a></span></span> may be thrown if memory allocation fails. The overload taking a <code>error_code&amp;</code> parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">ec.<span class="me1">clear</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> if no errors occur. This overload has <div class="t-noexcept-inline"><a href="../../language/noexcept_spec.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept spec"><tt>noexcept</tt></a> specification:&#160;&#160;<div class="t-noexcept-box"><span class="t-cc"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">noexcept</span></span></span></div>&#160;&#160;</div>
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<p>The default behavior when copying directories is the non-recursive copy: the files are copied, but not the subdirectories:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co1">// Given</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir1 contains /dir1/file1, /dir1/file2, /dir1/dir2</span>
<span class="co1">// and /dir1/dir2 contains /dir1/dir2/file3</span>
<span class="co1">// After</span>
std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">experimental</span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">filesystem</span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">copy</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;/dir1&quot;</span>, <span class="st0">&quot;/dir3&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir3 is created (with the attributes of /dir1)</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir1/file1 is copied to /dir3/file1</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir1/file2 is copied to /dir3/file2</span></pre></div></div>
<p>While with <code>copy_options::recursive</code>, the subdirectories are also copied, with their content, recursively.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co1">// ...but after</span>
std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">experimental</span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">filesystem</span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">copy</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;/dir1&quot;</span>, <span class="st0">&quot;/dir3&quot;</span>, copy_options<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">recursive</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir3 is created (with the attributes of /dir1)</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir1/file1 is copied to /dir3/file1</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir1/file2 is copied to /dir3/file2</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir3/dir2 is created (with the attributes of /dir1/dir2)</span>
<span class="co1">// /dir1/dir2/file3 is copied to /dir3/dir2/file3</span></pre></div></div>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/experimental/fs/copy&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Example">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Example">Example</span></h3>
<div class="t-example"><div class="t-example-live-link"><div class="coliru-btn coliru-btn-run-init">Run this code</div></div>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co2">#include &lt;iostream&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;fstream&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;experimental/filesystem&gt;</span>
<span class="kw1">namespace</span> fs <span class="sy1">=</span> std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">experimental</span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">filesystem</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
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<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>
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    fs<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">create_directories</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/dir/subdir&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <a href="../../io/basic_ofstream.html"><span class="kw1456">std::<span class="me2">ofstream</span></span></a><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/file1.txt&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>.<span class="me1">put</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">'a'</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    fs<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">copy</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/file1.txt&quot;</span>, <span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/file2.txt&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// copy file</span>
    fs<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">copy</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/dir&quot;</span>, <span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/dir2&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// copy directory (non-recursive)</span>
    <span class="co1">// sandbox holds 2 files and 2 directories, one of which has a subdirectory</span>
    <span class="co1">// sandbox/file1.txt</span>
    <span class="co1">// sandbox/file2.txt</span>
    <span class="co1">// sandbox/dir2</span>
    <span class="co1">// sandbox/dir</span>
    <span class="co1">//    sandbox/dir/subdir</span>
    fs<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">copy</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;sandbox&quot;</span>, <span class="st0">&quot;sandbox/copy&quot;</span>, fs<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">copy_options</span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">recursive</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="co1">// sandbox/copy holds copies of the above files and subdirectories</span>
    fs<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">remove_all</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="st0">&quot;sandbox&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
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