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4/8/2010

This function deletes a file after copying its contents to the destination file. The source file and the destination file must already exist.

Syntax


BOOL DeleteAndRenameFile( LPCWSTR lpszDestFile, LPCWSTR lpszSourceFile );

Parameters

lpszDestFile: [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the path of the destination file. This parameter cannot be set to NULL.

lpszSourceFile: [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the path of the source file. This parameter cannot be set to NULL.

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

This function works for the object store RAM-based file system only.

If this function fails, both the source file and destination file are unchanged.

Header	winbase.h
Library	coredll.lib
Windows Embedded CE	Windows CE 1.01 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later