Copy the whlole folder recrusive

[mcerk]

Hi. How can I copy all files in folder (and subfolders to another location?)

 

I know how to use FileCopy or Kill functions.

 

tx a lot

matej

[HJB417]

using System;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
public class Class1
{
	static void Main()
	{
	retry_src:
		Console.Write("Enter src path: ");
		string path = Console.ReadLine();
		if(!Directory.Exists(path))
			goto retry_src;
	
		Console.Write("Enter dest path: ");
		string dest = Console.ReadLine();

		Regex regex = new Regex("(?i)^" + Regex.Escape(path));			
		
		NameValueCollection results = new NameValueCollection();
		GetFiles(path, results);
		foreach(string file in results)
		{
			FileInfo destFile = new FileInfo(regex.Replace(file, dest));
			//destFile.Directory.Create(); //create the dest directory

			FileInfo srcFile = new FileInfo(file);
			//srcFile.CopyTo(destFile.FullName); // copy the file.

			Console.WriteLine("{0} -> {1}", srcFile, destFile);
		}
	}

	private static void GetFiles(string path, NameValueCollection results) 
	{       
		foreach(string subdirectory in Directory.GetDirectories(path))
			GetFiles(subdirectory, results);
		foreach(string file in Directory.GetFiles(path))
			results[file] = file;
	}
}
}

[SonicBoomAu]

This is what I used (Visual Basic)

 

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.IO.IsolatedStorage

Private Sub Copy_Info()

       Dim strFolders() As String = IO.Directory.GetDirectories(Me.txtSourceLocation.Text)
       Dim NewPath As String = strFullAccountTarget
       Dim strFileExt As String
       Dim strFileExt1 As String


       'Get all the files in the main Directory
       Dim MainFiles() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(Me.txtSourceLocation.Text)
       Dim FileToCopy As String

       'For each file in Source Directory copy to Target Directory
       For Each FileToCopy In MainFiles
           Dim f As IO.FileInfo = New IO.FileInfo(FileToCopy)

           strFileExt = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Left(f.Name, (Len(f.Name) - 3))
           strFileExt = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Right(strFileExt, 1)


           If strFileExt = "h" Then
               strFileExt = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Left(f.Name, (Len(f.Name) - 4))
               strFileExt = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Right(strFileExt1, 1)
           End If

           If strFileExt = "." Then
               IO.File.Copy(FileToCopy, NewPath & f.Name)
           Else
               IO.File.Copy(FileToCopy, NewPath & f.Name & f.Extension)
           End If

           'IO.File.Copy(FileToCopy, NewPath & f.Name & f.Extension)
       Next

       'Get all the SubFolders and Copy to next directory
       Dim Path As String
       For Each Path In strFolders
           Dim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo(Path)
           Dim SubFile As String = NewPath & di.Name & "\"
           IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(SubFile)
           'Get all the files in the Sub folders
           Dim FilePath As String
           For Each FilePath In IO.Directory.GetFiles(di.FullName)
               Dim fi As New IO.FileInfo(FilePath)

               strFileExt1 = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Left(fi.Name, (Len(fi.Name) - 3))
               strFileExt1 = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Right(strFileExt1, 1)

               If strFileExt1 = "h" Then
                   strFileExt1 = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Left(fi.Name, (Len(fi.Name) - 4))
                   strFileExt1 = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Right(strFileExt1, 1)
               End If

               If strFileExt1 = "." Then
                   IO.File.Copy(FilePath, SubFile & fi.Name)
               Else
                   IO.File.Copy(FilePath, SubFile & fi.Name & fi.Extension)
               End If

               'IO.File.Copy(FilePath, SubFile & fi.Name & fi.Extension)
           Next
       Next

End Sub

 

I hope this helps. The reason I did a check on the file extension was that the program was putting the file extension twice on the files.

[Wile]

Well, with the .net framework your live just became a LOT more easier.

 

The System.IO.Directory class has a Move method that allows you to move a directory with its content:

So

System.IO.Directory.Move(sourcedir, targetdir) 

would basicly do the same as the code above, your preference for old-style and long, or short and sweet ;).

[stustarz]

With directory.move - this actually moves the directory, deleting the source, the question was how to copy the folder and its contents, which would require a longer code to loop through and copy the contents etc

[snarfblam]

I kinda wonder why they implemented a directory.move and not a directory.copy...