Question

This is just a sample, but it will help illustrate what I’m trying to do.

I know how to get the current directory as shown in the script below, and I can can set a file variable.

The problem I’m having is that I can’t figure out how to make it create a folder and put the file in the folder

For example (using the variables below)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var cd = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
            Directory.CreateDirectory(cd: \5app\);
            File.Copy(c:\xyz.txt, cd: \5app\xyz.txt

        }
    }
}

I know what I have written above is not correct because vs10 tells me so, but doesn’t give me very much help.

Answer 1

You’re missing a parenthesis and a semicolon, and, especially, arguments of methods Directory.CreateDirectory() and File.Copy() are strings, put them inside quotes:

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var cd = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
            Directory.CreateDirectory(cd + @"\5app\");
            File.Copy(@"c:\xyz.txt", cd + @"\5app\xyz.txt");
        }
    }
}

MSDN references: Directory.CreateDirectory, File.Copy

Thanks to Cole Johnson for pointing out that it shouldn’t be @"cd: \5app\".