Copy An Entire Directory With Sub Directories And Files To Another Location?
Jul 14, 2010
I am trying to copy a directory with sub directories and files to another location on my computer. Whenever I try, I get the following error, through my "console":
$>Error: System.IO.IOException: The directory is not empty.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive)
How do I copy a folder and all subfolders and files in .NET?
I'm trying to copy a buntch of sub directories to a different directory. I'm wanting to update this code:
Dim fso As System.Object = New System.Object fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject") fso.copyfolder(sour, dest)
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Is there a easier way of doing this with less lines of code like the fso As System.Object version? Also, I have System.IO imported however File.Copy and Directory.GetFiles are not colored blue, could this be the issue? I have the System loaded as a reference.
I am trying to copy an entire folder and all of its contents that is in the same location as my program that is running to a user selected location. I started off by using a SaveFileDialog, but now I am working with a FolderBrowserDialog. Here is some code:
Private Sub BackupButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BackupButton.Click Dim sourcePath As String
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But when I run the program, it works, but it does not copy the entire folder in the application startup location.. how I can copy that folder that is in the same location as my program to a user selected location?
Iam making a antivirus program in Visual basic and i have to know how to get the files from a directories directory etc. And how to add them to a listbox like
1map-get files 1map-get directories 2map (directories in 1 map)get files 2map -Get directories and so on...¨
i have been trying to search a specified directory and all sub directories for all files that have the specified file extension. However the inbuilt command is useless as it errors up and dies if you dont have access to a directory.
Private Function dirSearch(ByVal path As String, Optional ByVal searchpattern As String = ".exe") As String() Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(path) Dim fi As FileInfo
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However i get an "System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object." when i try to access the data stored inside the filelist string array.
I've been working on some code to rename files and have being doing so by copying them to the same location under a different name and then removing the original. When I do this for files I use the code ...
Dim file As New System.IO.FileInfo(lstFiles.SelectedItem.ToString) Dim strNewFile As String Dim strRename As String Dim strMask As String = ""
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This will obviously not work as it will try to copy the folder into itself which is not allowed.
I need to list all files folders, subfolders and subfolder files under a selected directory in a list box not sure how to do the logic in the last amount of code lines to enumerate all subfolders dna files.Here is what I have so far:
Dim OldProfileDir As String Dim NewProfileDir As String Dim Newdocs As String = "" Dim Olddocs As String = ""
i am working on an application that would copy files from one location to another that is thru network, i already tried using File.IO and Webservice but still copying huge/large amount of files is veryslow. also, my boss asked me to save base64 strings to database and connect to the database and regenerate the file, but when i tried saving a total of 100Mb Files, when im querying it in the database it still takes atleast 10-15min just to query it..
I'm developing an application which relies on several files to be copied over to a specific location on the users hard drive ("C: est") when they run the program for the first time, and am having a hard time wrapping my head around how to account for the fact that the original location may be in a different location for each user.
Any ideas for either getting the path where the files would be and then copying them to the desired destination?
I have got the following code to copy all the subfolder & files from one location to another.
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to access the code. However i want it to run asynchronously and the progress of the copy to be displayed on a progress bar however i have no clue how to do this.
one of the BIG hurdles in my simple project, making a search engine. I don't know how at all. The search engine need only to search in one Directory with its sub directories and txt files for criteria, and display the results, with option open from the results. any basic code or example maybe?
Does anyone knows how to export/extract/copy (or whatever is the right word) a file wich is added to the soulution, on the startup of a program, like somekind of installation?
From what I can tell this isn't possible with CopyDirectory.Is there a simple way to copy a directory and overwrite everything, or do I have to have it first check each directory for read-only files and then change their Read-Only attribute?
how to copy files listed in a listbox to a new specified directory?my code isn't showing any errors but doesn't work..
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click Try Dim path As String = "c:krishna folderwallpaper files" Dim di As DirectoryInfo = Directory.CreateDirectory(path)
For Each foundFile As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("C:Documents and Settings oeDesktopMy Music2", _ FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "*.mp3") My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(foundFile, "C:Documents and Settings oeMy DocumentsMy Music" & foundFile) Next
Error message is on the third line: The given files path's format is not supported. I have tried all variations to this without any luck.
how to copy, delete, show files, show current directory, change directory, make folder, rename folder. My problem is i have a method on deleting a file and copying a file, but i don't know how to pass the method so that when i click the delete button it would let me choose what file to delete. By the way im using buttons on each function.[code...]
how can i either copy/move/rename & delete a file in program files directory? [c ode]i already have the form which grabs the updated file and it save it to temp directory ready for copying, just stuck here as of the access denied.
I need code that will allow the user to do the following:
Select a browse button and choose the folder they want to save a file once the exe file at the end of the program runs Display the folder location the user selected in the textbox next to it
Basically this is a save dialog box but since this is a web application and not a web form I can not use the dialog boxes.
Here is the code I have so far
Protected Sub Browse_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Browse.Click Dim FilePath As String = ("C:UsersPublicDocuments")
I need code that will allow the user to do the following:
1. Select a browse button and choose the folder they want to save a file once the exe file at the end of the program runs
2. Display the folder location the user selected in the textbox next to it Basically this is a save dialog box but since this is a web application and not a web form I can not use the dialog boxes.
Protected Sub Browse_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Browse.Click Dim FilePath As String = ("C:UsersPublicDocuments") Dim targetFile As System.IO.FileInfo = New System.IO.FileInfo(FilePath)
I am writing a simple GUI for a 7-Zip command that will zip multiple directories, with two files in the working directory, to their own separate archives. The problem is that I have no idea on how to count the number if directories (only directories and not files) and find the name of just the first directory.Here is what I have so far:
I want to be able to scan a folder and its sub directories for all the files that exist in it. the results are then fed into a list box or any similar control[code]...
The sub below will show all of the directories contain with a directory
Code: Private Sub showDirectories(ByVal rootDirectory As String) Dim rootDirectories() As String = IO.Directory.GetDirectories(rootDirectory)
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When I run this code I can use any directory as the root directory except My Documents.When I use the directory path with My Documents, as well as finding all of the folders contained in My Documents, it finds three extra: My Music, My Pictures and My Videos. Those three folders do not exist at all in My Documents. I have checked hidden files and folder and they are definately not there yet the showDirectories() sub says that they are.The exact error is: Access to the path 'C:UsersMichaelDocumentsMy Music' is denied.It's dened because the folder doesn't exist. I have checked myself using Windows Explorer!Despite this, when I type 'file:///C:/Users/Michael/Documents/' in the address bar of Google Chrome, it shows all of the files and folders in My Documents and, guess what, it shows the folders My Music, My Pictures and My Videos. But Windows Explorer doesn't show these! The strange thing is, for each of the folders, the last Date Modified was 23/01/2011 13:42:49 exactly. Each of the folders was last modified at that exact second simultaneously!I have 3 "ghost" folders "haunting" my My Documents. Is there any programs out there that perform "exorcisms" cause I am seriously freaked out!Perhaps this is the wrong place to post this. When I started writing this thread, it was about Visual Basic but now I realise it has nothing to do with programming at all.
