Question

I understand how to rename a file in VB.NET as I use in the code at the end of my post. However, I was wondering if it’s possible to rename a file and if the file exists then to rename it and add +1 to the file name?

So if I ran the code.

‘Run it first time

My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile("c:\test\test.txt", "c:\test\NewName.txt")

‘Run it again, but it should add +1 as the file will already exists, so it should be “c:\test\NewName1.txt”

My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile("c:\test\test.txt", "c:\test\NewName.txt")

Update

I decided rather than rename and +1, it would be better to just date stamp it, so for anyone who struggles as I did:

My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile("c:\test\test.txt", "Test" & Format(Date.Now, "ddMMyy") & ".txt")

Answer 1

You need to write your own logic for this.

The File class has many useful method for dealing with files.

If File.Exists(filePath) Then
  ' Give a new name
Else
  ' Use existing name
End If

The Path class has many methods for dealing with file paths.

Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath)