XCOPY Using C# to Copy Files/Folders

This article shows the use of the XCOPY command to copy files and folders from one machine to another machine.

Using the XCOPY command you can copy files and folders from one machine to another machine.

Here I will show you how we can execute XCOPY using C # but before showing that piece of code I would prefer to provide some explanations of XCOPY. So, here you go:

1.      In computing, Xcopy is a command used in PC DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and related operating systems for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files across a network. Xcopy stands for extended copy, and was created as a more functional file copying utility than the copy command found in these operating systems.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcopy

           To get more details about XCOPY you can visit the following link:

            http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491035.aspx

Xcopy is more powerful than a simple copy function in .Net like-: Xcopy does a lot of things (buffering, error check, etc.) that are not easy to code by yourself, but you can always start a new process with Xcopy in the command line.

Here is the Code for the same:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading; namespace Xcopy {     /// <summary>     /// Use This class to Perform Xcopy     /// </summary>     class Program     {         /// <summary>         /// This is your Main         /// </summary>         /// <param name="args"></param>         static void Main(string[] args)         {             //Provide the Source location             string sourceLoc = @"D:\BackUpFile\";             //Provide your Destination Location             string destinationLoc = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory.Remove(System.Environment.CurrentDirectory.IndexOf("bin")) + "Source\\";             string FolderPath = "CopiedFiles";             if (!(Directory.Exists(destinationLoc + @"\" + FolderPath)))                 Directory.CreateDirectory(destinationLoc + @"\" + FolderPath);             //Call a method to perform Xcopy             ProcessXcopy(sourceLoc, destinationLoc + @"\" + FolderPath);                         Console.WriteLine("we are done with the xcopy");                     }           /// <summary>    /// Method to Perform Xcopy to copy files/folders from Source machine to Target Machine         /// </summary>         /// <param name="SolutionDirectory"></param>         /// <param name="TargetDirectory"></param>        private static void ProcessXcopy(string SolutionDirectory, string TargetDirectory)         {             // Use ProcessStartInfo class             ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();             startInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;             startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;             //Give the name as Xcopy             startInfo.FileName = "xcopy";             //make the window Hidden             startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;             //Send the Source and destination as Arguments to the process             startInfo.Arguments = "\"" + SolutionDirectory + "\"" + " " + "\"" + TargetDirectory + "\"" + @" /e /y /I";             try             {                 // Start the process with the info we specified.                 // Call WaitForExit and then the using statement will close.                 using (Process exeProcess = Process.Start(startInfo))                 {                     exeProcess.WaitForExit();                 }             }             catch (Exception exp)             {                 throw exp;             }                    }     } }