Copy file and directories recursively in Qt

copy-recursively.cpp

//https://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator/source/1a37da73abb60ad06b7e33983ca51b266be5910e:src/app/main.cpp#L13-189
// taken from utils/fileutils.cpp. We can not use utils here since that depends app_version.h.
static bool copyRecursively(const QString &srcFilePath,
                            const QString &tgtFilePath)
{
    QFileInfo srcFileInfo(srcFilePath);
    if (srcFileInfo.isDir()) {
        QDir targetDir(tgtFilePath);
        targetDir.cdUp();
        if (!targetDir.mkdir(QFileInfo(tgtFilePath).fileName()))
            return false;
        QDir sourceDir(srcFilePath);
        QStringList fileNames = sourceDir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Hidden | QDir::System);
        foreach (const QString &fileName, fileNames) {
            const QString newSrcFilePath
                    = srcFilePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName;
            const QString newTgtFilePath
                    = tgtFilePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName;
            if (!copyRecursively(newSrcFilePath, newTgtFilePath))
                return false;
        }
    } else {
        if (!QFile::copy(srcFilePath, tgtFilePath))
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}

You might want to be careful with this snippet. Using cdUp() without checking if your directory is a root directory may cause issues.