Re: Copy_File Method Question

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-05-06 17:47:48

On May 6, 2022 7:42:28 PM Sean B via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
> Thank you for allowing me to join the group as I a newbie to the boost c++
> libraries.   My question I have to the development group is based on the
> copy_file method.
>
> Does the copy_file do a 'bit to bit' copy using (check sums and hash) or
> the original file?

I'm not sure what you're asking, but Boost.Filesystem's copy_file creates a 
copy of the original file. Barring hardware failure, the contents of the 
copy are the same as the original, bit by bit. No checksums or hashes are 
involved in Boost.Filesystem, though the file system or hardware storage 
may compute a checksum to ensure integrity.