Copy A folder to another location

samjudson · November 5th, 2007, 05:40 AM

Adding ToString() to avoid a compiler error unless you understand what the compiler error actually means can be a bad thing.

I think you need to break down your program into steps, and add comments so you understand what each step is doing.

Code:

// Get the source directory from the textbox
string sourceDirectory = txtsrce.Text;

// Check to see if the directory actually exists
bool doesSourceExist = Directory.Exists(sourceDirectory);
if( !doesSourceExist ) 
{
  // Display a message and exist if the source directory doesn't exist
  MessageBox.Show("Source directory doesn't exists");
  return;
}

// Check the destination directory
string destDirectory = txtdest.Text;
bool doesDestExist = Directory.Exists(destDirectory);
if( !doesDestExist ) 
{
  // Create the destination directory if it doesn't already exist
  Directory.CreateDirectory(destDirectory);
}

// Loop through each file
foreach(string sourceFile in Directory.GetFiles(sourceDirectory) )
{
   // Calculate the full paths for the source and destination files
   string fullSourcePath = Path.Combine(sourceDirectory, sourceFile);
   string fullDestPath = Path.Combine(destDirectory, sourceFile);
   // copy the file
   File.Copy(fullSourcePath, fullDestPath);
}

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saidan · November 6th, 2007, 01:54 AM

Thank you very much;

i'm getting confusing in one thing;

when the folder is to be copied, the new folder in destination has to have same attributes of the original folder, that is same name and so on;

in the program i'll have to get the parent directory of the original folder and then start with the name of the folder and create the folder with the same name in the destination , then enter inside the folder and copy the entire files....

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samjudson · November 6th, 2007, 04:54 AM

Can you illustrate what you are trying to do using an example.

e.g.

Directory C:\Temp\MyFolder contains two files, one.txt and two.pdf.

What will txtdest.Text contain, and what will the final directory structure look like?

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saidan · November 8th, 2007, 12:49 AM

>>

txtdist.text will contains the destenation directory, for example

c:\\Ducuments and settings\saidan\desktop

then, when you click on the copy button, you can see on Desktop the folder MyFolder contains two files, one.txt and two.pdf.

that's it.

:)

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samjudson · November 8th, 2007, 07:36 AM

Simply append the source directory name onto the destination path:

string destDirectory = Path.Combine(txtdest.Text, Path.GetFileName(sourceDirectory));

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saidan · November 9th, 2007, 07:19 AM

ok;

after i removed .ToString() so many errors appeared, as you said the datatype which i'm passing are already of string type..

there maybe some one more problem!

another thing: the statement which you provided gives all files inside the directory, as you see i used Drectory.GetParent(str_source);

and when i use the statement which you've written, i'll get a group of files and folders inside the parent directory of the folder wich i choose, but i need only that folder to be copied and its intire files and folders as well!

>>:)

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samjudson · November 9th, 2007, 07:51 AM

I've no idea why you would need to get the parent of the source directory.

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saidan · November 10th, 2007, 01:28 AM

>>>

i have two options;

First: getting the parent, fron that get the folder which i need And aaply the operation on it..

Secound: getting the name and attributes of the folder which i choose, creating new folder with same name and attributes and finally do the operation of copying intier files..// but because i've no idia about the secound, i'm frying to follow the first...

>>>:)

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samjudson · November 10th, 2007, 06:08 AM

My example code above does the second of these for you.

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