void FileIo::transfer(BasicIo& src)
    {
        const bool wasOpen = (p_->fp_ != 0);
        const std::string lastMode(p_->openMode_);

        FileIo *fileIo = dynamic_cast<FileIo*>(&src);
        if (fileIo) {
            // Optimization if src is another instance of FileIo
            fileIo->close();
            // Check if the file can be written to, if it already exists
            if (open("a+b") != 0) {
                // Remove the (temporary) file
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
                if (fileIo->p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                    ::_wremove(fileIo->wpath().c_str());
                }
                else
#endif
                {
                    ::remove(fileIo->path().c_str());
                }
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
                if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                    throw WError(10, wpath(), "a+b", strError().c_str());
                }
                else
#endif
                {
                    throw Error(10, path(), "a+b", strError());
                }
            }
            close();

            bool statOk = true;
            mode_t origStMode = 0;
            std::string spf;
            char* pf = 0;
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
            std::wstring wspf;
            wchar_t* wpf = 0;
            if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                wspf = wpath();
                wpf = const_cast<wchar_t*>(wspf.c_str());
            }
            else
#endif
            {
                spf = path();
                pf = const_cast<char*>(spf.c_str());
            }

            // Get the permissions of the file, or linked-to file, on platforms which have lstat
#ifdef EXV_HAVE_LSTAT

# ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
#  error EXV_UNICODE_PATH and EXV_HAVE_LSTAT are not compatible. Stop.
# endif
            struct stat buf1;
            if (::lstat(pf, &buf1) == -1) {
                statOk = false;
#ifndef SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
                EXV_WARNING << Error(2, pf, strError(), "::lstat") << "\n";
#endif
            }
            origStMode = buf1.st_mode;
            DataBuf lbuf; // So that the allocated memory is freed. Must have same scope as pf
            // In case path() is a symlink, get the path of the linked-to file
            if (statOk && S_ISLNK(buf1.st_mode)) {
                lbuf.alloc(buf1.st_size + 1);
                memset(lbuf.pData_, 0x0, lbuf.size_);
                pf = reinterpret_cast<char*>(lbuf.pData_);
                if (::readlink(path().c_str(), pf, lbuf.size_ - 1) == -1) {
                    throw Error(2, path(), strError(), "readlink");
                }
                // We need the permissions of the file, not the symlink
                if (::stat(pf, &buf1) == -1) {
                    statOk = false;
#ifndef SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
                    EXV_WARNING << Error(2, pf, strError(), "::stat") << "\n";
#endif
                }
                origStMode = buf1.st_mode;
            }
#else // EXV_HAVE_LSTAT
            Impl::StructStat buf1;
            if (p_->stat(buf1) == -1) {
                statOk = false;
            }
            origStMode = buf1.st_mode;
#endif // !EXV_HAVE_LSTAT

            // MSVCRT rename that does not overwrite existing files
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
            if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
#if defined(WIN32) && defined(REPLACEFILE_IGNORE_MERGE_ERRORS)
                // Windows implementation that deals with the fact that ::rename fails
                // if the target filename still exists, which regularly happens when
                // that file has been opened with FILE_SHARE_DELETE by another process,
                // like a virus scanner or disk indexer
                // (see also http://stackoverflow.com/a/11023068)
                typedef BOOL (WINAPI * ReplaceFileW_t)(LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, DWORD, LPVOID, LPVOID);
                HMODULE hKernel = ::GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll");
                if (hKernel) {
                    ReplaceFileW_t pfcn_ReplaceFileW = (ReplaceFileW_t)GetProcAddress(hKernel, "ReplaceFileW");
                    if (pfcn_ReplaceFileW) {
                        BOOL ret = pfcn_ReplaceFileW(wpf, fileIo->wpath().c_str(), NULL, REPLACEFILE_IGNORE_MERGE_ERRORS, NULL, NULL);
                        if (ret == 0) {
                            if (GetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) {
                                if (::_wrename(fileIo->wpath().c_str(), wpf) == -1) {
                                    throw WError(17, fileIo->wpath(), wpf, strError().c_str());
                                }
                                ::_wremove(fileIo->wpath().c_str());
                            }
                            else {
                                throw WError(17, fileIo->wpath(), wpf, strError().c_str());
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        if (fileExists(wpf) && ::_wremove(wpf) != 0) {
                            throw WError(2, wpf, strError().c_str(), "::_wremove");
                        }
                        if (::_wrename(fileIo->wpath().c_str(), wpf) == -1) {
                            throw WError(17, fileIo->wpath(), wpf, strError().c_str());
                        }
                        ::_wremove(fileIo->wpath().c_str());
                    }
                }
#else
                if (fileExists(wpf) && ::_wremove(wpf) != 0) {
                    throw WError(2, wpf, strError().c_str(), "::_wremove");
                }
                if (::_wrename(fileIo->wpath().c_str(), wpf) == -1) {
                    throw WError(17, fileIo->wpath(), wpf, strError().c_str());
                }
                ::_wremove(fileIo->wpath().c_str());
#endif
                // Check permissions of new file
                struct _stat buf2;
                if (statOk && ::_wstat(wpf, &buf2) == -1) {
                    statOk = false;
#ifndef SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
                    EXV_WARNING << Error(2, wpf, strError(), "::_wstat") << "\n";
#endif
                }
                if (statOk && origStMode != buf2.st_mode) {
                    // Set original file permissions
                    if (::_wchmod(wpf, origStMode) == -1) {
#ifndef SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
                        EXV_WARNING << Error(2, wpf, strError(), "::_wchmod") << "\n";
#endif
                    }
                }
            } // if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode)
            else
#endif // EXV_UNICODE_PATH
            {
#if defined(WIN32) && defined(REPLACEFILE_IGNORE_MERGE_ERRORS)
                // Windows implementation that deals with the fact that ::rename fails
                // if the target filename still exists, which regularly happens when
                // that file has been opened with FILE_SHARE_DELETE by another process,
                // like a virus scanner or disk indexer
                // (see also http://stackoverflow.com/a/11023068)
                typedef BOOL (WINAPI * ReplaceFileA_t)(LPCSTR, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, DWORD, LPVOID, LPVOID);
                HMODULE hKernel = ::GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll");
                if (hKernel) {
                    ReplaceFileA_t pfcn_ReplaceFileA = (ReplaceFileA_t)GetProcAddress(hKernel, "ReplaceFileA");
                    if (pfcn_ReplaceFileA) {
                        BOOL ret = pfcn_ReplaceFileA(pf, fileIo->path().c_str(), NULL, REPLACEFILE_IGNORE_MERGE_ERRORS, NULL, NULL);
                        if (ret == 0) {
                            if (GetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) {
                                if (::rename(fileIo->path().c_str(), pf) == -1) {
                                    throw Error(17, fileIo->path(), pf, strError());
                                }
                                ::remove(fileIo->path().c_str());
                            }
                            else {
                                throw Error(17, fileIo->path(), pf, strError());
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        if (fileExists(pf) && ::remove(pf) != 0) {
                            throw Error(2, pf, strError(), "::remove");
                        }
                        if (::rename(fileIo->path().c_str(), pf) == -1) {
                            throw Error(17, fileIo->path(), pf, strError());
                        }
                        ::remove(fileIo->path().c_str());
                    }
                }
#else
                if (fileExists(pf) && ::remove(pf) != 0) {
                    throw Error(2, pf, strError(), "::remove");
                }
                if (::rename(fileIo->path().c_str(), pf) == -1) {
                    throw Error(17, fileIo->path(), pf, strError());
                }
                ::remove(fileIo->path().c_str());
#endif
                // Check permissions of new file
                struct stat buf2;
                if (statOk && ::stat(pf, &buf2) == -1) {
                    statOk = false;
#ifndef SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
                    EXV_WARNING << Error(2, pf, strError(), "::stat") << "\n";
#endif
                }
                if (statOk && origStMode != buf2.st_mode) {
                    // Set original file permissions
                    if (::chmod(pf, origStMode) == -1) {
#ifndef SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
                        EXV_WARNING << Error(2, pf, strError(), "::chmod") << "\n";
#endif
                    }
                }
            }
        } // if (fileIo)
        else {
            // Generic handling, reopen both to reset to start
            if (open("w+b") != 0) {
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
                if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                    throw WError(10, wpath(), "w+b", strError().c_str());
                }
                else
#endif
                {
                    throw Error(10, path(), "w+b", strError());
                }
            }
            if (src.open() != 0) {
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
                if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                    throw WError(9, src.wpath(), strError().c_str());
                }
                else
#endif
                {
                    throw Error(9, src.path(), strError());
                }
            }
            write(src);
            src.close();
        }

        if (wasOpen) {
            if (open(lastMode) != 0) {
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
                if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                    throw WError(10, wpath(), lastMode.c_str(), strError().c_str());
                }
                else
#endif
                {
                    throw Error(10, path(), lastMode, strError());
                }
            }
        }
        else close();

        if (error() || src.error()) {
#ifdef EXV_UNICODE_PATH
            if (p_->wpMode_ == Impl::wpUnicode) {
                throw WError(18, wpath(), strError().c_str());
            }
            else
#endif
            {
                throw Error(18, path(), strError());
            }
        }
    } // FileIo::transfer