[VB.Net] Does IO.File.Copy replicate files attributes?

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Published on 2010-05-13T08:11:24Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 8:14 UTC
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Does the IO.File.Copy method preserve file attributes? Especially, if I have a write-protected file, will the copy be write-protected to?

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