copy the contents of one folder to other

yashu v

10y1.1kLearn iOS Programming

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);

}

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Amit Kumar10y ago
Accepted 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
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yashu v10y ago
i need to get all directoires
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Amit Kumar10y ago
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());
}
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yashu v10y ago
how to write linq statement to get lastwritetime to a folder, and how can i pass to this win merge tool dynamically
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Amit Kumar10y ago
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);
}
}
}
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yashu v10y ago
yes its working fine for me, but its copying only winrar files, not folders. so how i get all folders
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yashu v10y ago
in this code wt is filename, wt exactly i have to five in filename place
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Vivek Kumar10y ago
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

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Rahul Chavan10y ago
// 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
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