copy the contents of one folder to other

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how can i copy the contents of one folder to other, and other as create a folder like this format AutomatedBuild_12_04_2016_14_30 string sourcePath = @"D:\StarTeam\CMP\Coding\AutomatedBuild"; string targetPath = @"D:\StarTeam\CMP\Coding\AutoBuildArtifacts\AutomatedBuildBackups"; if (!Directory.Exists(targetPath)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(AutomatedBuild.DateNow()); } foreach (var srcPath in Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath)) { //Copy the file from sourcepath and place into mentioned target path, //Overwrite the file if same file is exist in target path File.Copy(srcPath, srcPath.Replace(sourcePath, targetPath), true); }

Amit Kumar · Answer

Hi dear, Please use it I hope you will get the solution the of your problem. Below is the sample code for copying all files from one folder to another folder in a simple way. if file is exist in target folder then it will overwrite the file. sing System.IO; string sourcePath = @"D:\OldFoler"; string targetPath = @"D:\NewFolder"; if (!Directory.Exists(targetPath)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath); } foreach (var srcPath in Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath)) { //Copy the file from sourcepath and place into mentioned target path, //Overwrite the file if same file is exist in target path File.Copy(srcPath, srcPath.Replace(sourcePath, targetPath), true); } OR const string sourceDir = @"C:\AppProject\Smart\SmartStaff\site\document"; const string targetDir = @"C:\AppProject\Smart\ExternalSmartStaff\site\document"; foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(sourceDir)) File.Copy(file, Path.Combine(targetDir, Path.GetFileName(file)), true OR https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc148994(v=vs.100).aspx Thanks

yashu v · Answer

yes its working fine for me, but its copying only winrar files, not folders. so how i get all folders

yashu v · Answer

i need to get all directoires

Amit Kumar · Answer

Hi dear, Please use it I hope you will get the solution the of your problem. Directory.GetFiles(path) .Select(x => new FileInfo(x)) .OrderByDescending(x => x.LastWriteTime) .Take(5) .ToArray() OR public static IEnumerable GetLatestFiles(string path) { return new DirectoryInfo(path) .GetFiles("*.log") .GroupBy(f => f.Extension) .Select(g => g.OrderByDescending(f => f.LastWriteTime .Date .ToShortDateString()) .First()); }

yashu v · Answer

how to write linq statement to get lastwritetime to a folder, and how can i pass to this win merge tool dynamically

Amit Kumar · Answer

Plesae use it Files = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(source);// Get All Directories and its File hierarchy foreach (string Element in Files) { try { // Sub directories if (Directory.Exists(Element)) { File.Copy(Element, target + Path.GetFileName(Element), true); } } }

yashu v · Answer

in this code wt is filename, wt exactly i have to five in filename place

Vivek Kumar · Answer

Hi, Go through the below link... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/58744/best-way-to-copy-the-entire-contents-of-a-directory-in-c-sharp https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762914.aspx ------------------------------------------------------- If this post helps you, mark it as answer

Rahul Chavan · Answer

// Use Path class to manipulate file and directory paths. string sourceFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(sourcePath, fileName); string destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(targetPath, fileName); // To copy a folder's contents to a new location: // Create a new target folder, if necessary. if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(targetPath)) { System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath); } // To copy a file to another location and // overwrite the destination file if it already exists. System.IO.File.Copy(sourceFile, destFile, true); // To copy all the files in one directory to another directory. // Get the files in the source folder. (To recursively iterate through // all subfolders under the current directory, see // "How to: Iterate Through a Directory Tree.") // Note: Check for target path was performed previously // in this code example. if (System.IO.Directory.Exists(sourcePath)) { string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath); // Copy the files and overwrite destination files if they already exist. foreach (string s in files) { // Use static Path methods to extract only the file name from the path. fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(s); destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(targetPath, fileName); System.IO.File.Copy(s, destFile, true); } } Refer below link https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc148994(v=vs.100).aspx

copy the contents of one folder to other

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