# Files - NKS0012

This analyzer provides the following strings:

<table><thead><tr><th width="174">Context</th><th>String</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Error List</td><td>Caller uses <code>File.Copy</code> instead of <code>Copying.CopyFileOrDir()</code></td></tr><tr><td>Suggestion Box</td><td>Use <code>Copying.CopyFileOrDir()</code> instead of <code>File.Copy</code></td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td><code>Copying.CopyFileOrDir()</code> neutralizes the provided paths to their absolute correct paths, while <code>File.Copy</code> operates at the executable directory (<code>Environment.CurrentDirectory</code>), which may not be what you want.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Extended Description

This code analyzer detects the usage of `Copy` from the standard `File` class found in the `System.IO` namespace.

Using `File.Copy()`, path neutralization doesn't take place to ensure that we have the correct absolute path. This causes some of the filesystem operations to operate on files, which are located in the wrong place, and, therefore, errors throw about a target not being found.

A solution to this problem was made with `CopyFileOrDir()`, because it takes care of the absolute paths and tries to reduce this kind of error caused by passing relative directories to the arguments.

### Analysis Comparison

To get a brief insight about how this analyzer works, compare the two code blocks shown to you below:

#### Before the fix

<pre class="language-csharp" data-title="Somewhere in your mod code..." data-line-numbers><code class="lang-csharp">public static void MyFunction()
{
<strong>    File.Copy("test.txt", PathsManagement.AppDataPath);
</strong>}
</code></pre>

#### After the fix

<pre class="language-csharp" data-title="Somewhere in your mod code..." data-line-numbers><code class="lang-csharp">public static void MyFunction()
{
<strong>    Copying.CopyFileOrDir("test.txt", PathsManagement.AppDataPath);
</strong>}
</code></pre>

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### Recommendation

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