Copying Entire Directories

[Jay1b]

I am trying to copy the contents on an entire directory to another directory.

 

Its doesnt like file.copy("c:\blah\*.*", "c:\blah2\")

 

I could do it by getting a list of every file on in the directory, then copying them one by one in a loop.

 

Does anybody know a better way they could please tell me?

 

Thanks.

[SonicBoomAu]

Have a look at this.

 

It might give you some more info.

 

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=91270&highlight=Copy+Directory

 

Hope this helps

[Jay1b]

Thanks

 

So basically, i need to just do it the way i was going too originally :(

[Joe Mamma]

Thanks

 

So basically, i need to just do it the way i was going too originally :(

I was thinking you could do something like this:

 

 

 

[indent]Dim proc As New Process

proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
proc.Start("xcopy", sourceDir & " " & destDir & " /S /E /I")
While Not proc.HasExited
End While
MessageBox.Show("Done")

[/indent]

It copies the files but creates a window. . . and this line:

 

"While Not proc.HasExited"

 

immediately throws eexception "No process is associated with this object."

 

maybe someone has an idea???

[bri189a]

[indent]Dim proc As New Process

proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
proc = Process.Start("xcopy", """" & sourceDir & """ """ & destDir & """ /S /E /I")
While Not proc.HasExited
End While
MessageBox.Show("Done")

[/indent]

 

See my changes - you have to use the Static method; also note XCOPY is picky sometimes (as on my machine at least) about source and destination, and for saftey put qoutes around them.