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Werner Rosemann
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[FileSystem] File_Move does not overwrite file in target directory
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I am trying to move a file to a new location using File_Move. The description of File_Move states: Moves a file from a specified location to another directory. If the file already exists at the destination location, it is overwritten. 

It appears that this is not the case. If I the file already exists in the target directory, I get Win32Error: 183.

I guess this is just a problem with the description not matching? 

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2020-09-15 13-07-23
Kilian Hekhuis
 
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Hi Werner,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. File_Move uses FileInfo.Move from System.IO, and though the description isn't explicit, it does say "An I/O error occurs, such as the destination file already exists", so I presume that indeed, it doesn't overwrite. I'll update the documentation.

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