Copy, Move and Delete Files and Folders in C#:
Below are the commonly used methods (using “System.IO”
namespace):
For deleting:
File: File.Delete(“Path to the file”);
Folder: Directory.Delete(“Path to the folder”);
The above methods will delete the file \ folder permanently.
User cannot restore them back.
For Copying:
File: File. Copy(“source path” , “destination path”);
Folder:
You
will have to recursively traverse through the source directory and create
directory and copy files.
For Moving:
File: File.Move(“source path” , “destination path”);
Folder: Directory.Move(“ source path” ,
“destination path”);
The above methods
wouldn’t display the error dialogs, in case of any error OR the progress dialog
to show the progress.
"Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO"namespace provides a class “FileSystem” that shows all the dialog such as Error dialog, Progress dialog etc. and it’s very simple to use.
For deleting:
File:
FileSystem.DeleteFile(“Path to the file”, UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin);
Folder: FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(“Path
to the file”,
UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs, RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin);
Here 3rd Argument: RecycleOption also provide 2 options:
- Delete to Recycle Bin.
- Delete permanently.
For Copying:
File: FileSystem.CopyFile(“ source path” , “destination
path”, UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs);
Folder: FileSystem.CopyDirectory(sourceFile, destFile, UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs);
For Moving:
File: FileSystem.MoveFile(sourcePath, targetPath, UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs);
Folder: FileSystem.MoveDirectory(sourcePath, targetPath, UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs);
Argument UIOption passed above provide 2 options:
- To show only error dialogs
- To show all dialogs.
