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# FileManager.ItemReplacementOptions

Options for specifying the behavior of file replacement operations.

```
struct ItemReplacementOptions
```

## Overview

These options are used by [`replaceItem(at:withItemAt:backupItemName:options:resultingItemURL:)`](/documentation/Foundation/FileManager/replaceItem(at:withItemAt:backupItemName:options:resultingItemURL:)).

## Topics

### Using File Replacement Options

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/FileManager/ItemReplacementOptions/init(rawValue:))

Creates a value for a file replacement operation.

[`NSFileManagerItemReplacementUsingNewMetadataOnly`](/documentation/Foundation/FileManager/ItemReplacementOptions/usingNewMetadataOnly)

Only metadata from the new item is used, and metadata from the original item isn’t preserved (default).

[`NSFileManagerItemReplacementWithoutDeletingBackupItem`](/documentation/Foundation/FileManager/ItemReplacementOptions/withoutDeletingBackupItem)

The backup item remains in place after a successful replacement.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`OptionSet`](/documentation/Swift/OptionSet)

[`SetAlgebra`](/documentation/Swift/SetAlgebra)

[`ExpressibleByArrayLiteral`](/documentation/Swift/ExpressibleByArrayLiteral)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

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