Directory Copy **SOLVED**

[Sgt-Peppa]

I am really pi**#* , but maybe I just dont understand it correct.

In dot net there is a Directory.Move Function. There is also a directory.delete method.
But there is no Directory.Copy Function

I mean hey, if I have a delete and a copy, I can create my own move Function with these two methods.
Now I need to write my own copy function, that sucks.

Sometimes I just dont understand Micro...

But hey, maybe thats just me and there is a good explanation for that.


Take care,

Stephan

[CornedBee]

This is indeeed fascinating. The examples table lists "Copy a directory" and sends the you to Directory overview. Only, there is no example of copying a directory there...

You could try File.Copy to copy the directory, but I doubt it will succeed.

[Sgt-Peppa]

Heres a class I wrote that does the trick for my Purposes. Maybe someone else is interested in that:

public class CopyDirectory
	{
		string source;
		string destination;

		public CopyDirectory(string mySource, string myDestination)
		{
			if(source=="")
			{
				throw new Exception("Class CopyDirectory created an Exception, string source has no value!");
			}
			if(destination=="")
			{
				throw new Exception("Class CopyDirectory created an Exception, string destination has no value!");
			}
			source = mySource;
			destination = myDestination;
			Directory.CreateDirectory(destination + @"\" + source);
			CopyThisFolder(source);

		}
		private void CopyThisFolder(string folder)
		{
			string [] items;
			items = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(folder);
			foreach (string item in items)
			{
				if (Directory.Exists(item)==true)
				{
					Directory.CreateDirectory(destination + @"\" + item);
					CopyThisFolder(item);
				}
				else
				{
					string thisFile = item.Substring(item.LastIndexOf(@"\",item.Length,item.Length),item.Length-(item.LastIndexOf(@"\",item.Length,item.Length)));
					File.Copy(item,destination + @"\" + item, true);
				}
			}
		}
	}

Take Care,

Stephan

[DeadEyes]

um why not try the DirectoryInfo class?
It's methods include:
Create()
Delete()
MoveTo()
CopyTo()

[CornedBee]

CopyTo is not listed in the VS.Net 2003 reference. I already looked.

Doesn't mean it's not there though.

[Sgt-Peppa]

Originally posted by DeadEyes
um why not try the DirectoryInfo class?
It's methods include:
Create()
Delete()
MoveTo()
CopyTo()

Have you tried that? Are you sure about that? My Visual Studio does not show that method! All relevant methods I have are :

CREATE();
CREATESUBDIRECTORY();
DELETE();
MOVETO();

No Copy method at all.

I am using NET FRAMEWORK v1.1.4322
and Visual Studion 2003 English version 7.1.3088

But maybe I am just to blind to find it


Thanks all,


Stephan

[dynamic_sysop]

there is no CopyTo() on the directoryinfo , that only exists on fileinfo

[Sgt-Peppa]

Originally posted by dynamic_sysop
there is no CopyTo() on the directoryinfo , that only exists on fileinfo

Thanks, thats what I thought!
Yeah, I am not blind

But my small class does the trick for me.

Maybe I should send it to bill and ask him to implement it in the Framework

Thanks again for all your comments,

Take care

Stephan

[DeadEyes]

Originally posted by dynamic_sysop
there is no CopyTo() on the directoryinfo , that only exists on fileinfo

Thanks for the correction. I was looking at a book that was talking about both classes and listed some methods, which I assumed applied to both classes.

[CornedBee]

And damn well they should.