Question

I have a web service that locates files in a folder (C:\Incoming) and emails them to a specified email address. I want to be able to move that folder, once it has been mailed to another folder (C:\Processed).

I tried using this code below, but it does not work.

 string SourceFile = "C:\\Incoming\\" + "" + Year + "" + Month + "" + Day + "";
 string destinationFile = "C:\\Processed" + "" + Year + "" + Month + "" + Day + ""; 
 System.IO.File.Move(SourceFile , destinationFile);

I get an error saying that the sourcefile could not be found. I have verified that it does exist and I have access to it.

Answer 1

You are moving folders not file you will need to iterate over files to copy one by one.

string Source = "C:\\Incoming\\" + "" + Year + "" + Month + "" + Day + "";
string destination = "C:\\Processed" + "" + Year + "" + Month + "" + Day + "";
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(Source);
FileInfo[] fileList = di.GetFiles(".*.");
int count = 0;
foreach (FileInfo fi in fileList)
{
    System.IO.File.Move(Source+"\\"+fi.Name , destinationFile+"\\"+fi.Name);
}