Question

Please could a C# expert help with a simple problem which for some strange reason I just can’t seem to work out? I’m trying to move multiple sub folders in the current directory to a new directory and keep the subfolder name, see below:

public string currentDirectory = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LOCALAPPDATA") + @"\Test\CurrentFolder\";

public string newDirectory = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LOCALAPPDATA") + @"\Test\NewFolder\";

private void btnMoveFolder_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    string[] subdirectoryEntries = Directory.GetDirectories(currentDirectory);
    try
    {
        foreach (string subCurrentDirectory in subdirectoryEntries)
        {
            Directory.Move(subCurrentDirectory, newDirectory);

        }
    }
    catch (System.Exception)
    {
        Log("Problem with moving the directory.");
    }
}

At the moment, I only seem to be able to move one folder instead of all of the them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I suppose you want this:

Directory.Move(subCurrentDirectory, 
    Path.Combine(
        newDirectory, 
        Path.GetFileName(subCurrentDirectory)));