How to copy sub-folder from folder into another folder?

Question

I am working on C#.net console application in app i have two folders 1)D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXML\LIS, 2)D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXMLProcessed.

Now i want to copy only sub-folder(i.e LIS) from D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXML\LIS to D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXMLProcessed.

That is xaclty like this "D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXMLProcessed/LIS".

Any solution to this problem I'll be appreciate.

I would pinvoke SHFileOperation if you need to support XP. If you don't then there is IFileOperation. — David Heffernan, Sep 13 '13 at 07:21
Try to go with this. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1974019/folder-copy-in-c-sharp — , Sep 13 '13 at 07:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '13 at 07:05

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Under Windows XP, it would be thus:

move "c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\desktop\TZClock" "C:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Start Menu\Programs\TZClock"

On Windows 7, it is the following (though I'm not in a position to test this right now):

move "c:\users\%USERNAME%\desktop\TZClock" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TZClock"

you can execute this process or another thing create new file copy all data.

answered Sep 13 '13 at 07:05

Pulah Nandha

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No I want to copy only subfolder into another folder. – Indra Sep 13 '13 at 07:16
HI all...I want to create a folder with same name in source directory and copy related files into that folder. – Indra Sep 13 '13 at 13:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2013-09-13T07:45:54.990

This should do the job

public static void Copy(String srcPath, String destPath)
{
    DirectoryInfo srcDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(srcPath);
    if (!srcDirectory.Exists) return;

    // Creates LIS directory
    destPath = Path.Combine(Path.Combine(destPath, srcDirectory.Name));
    Directory.CreateDirectory(destPath);

    // Creates all sub directories from srcPath to your destPath
    foreach (String dirPath in Directory.GetDirectories(srcPath, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
        Directory.CreateDirectory(dirPath.Replace(srcPath, destPath));

    // Copies all files from all sub directories from srcPath to your destPath
    foreach (String copyPath in Directory.GetFiles(srcPath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
        File.Copy(copyPath, copyPath.Replace(srcPath, destPath), true);
}

Usage:

Copy(@"D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXML\LIS", @"D:\Working Projects\Alticore\AssetXMLProcessed")

If you don't want to copy sub folders or its files remove not needed foreach. By the way it will override copied files.

Aldis...I want to copy only structure of folders and copy them into destination. — Indra, Sep 13 '13 at 11:22
So removing last foreach should do the job or Im missing something? — , Sep 21 '13 at 06:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 13 '13 at 07:28

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There is one more option what you can do is there is
File.Copy(src, dest) method in the System.IO namespace you can also go with that.

answered Sep 13 '13 at 07:28

That copies files and not directories – David Heffernan Sep 13 '13 at 08:06
ok then you have to use mkdir kind of function & then copy that. – Sep 13 '13 at 08:54
I know how to do it. I'm pointing out that your answer is wrong. – David Heffernan Sep 13 '13 at 08:56

How to copy sub-folder from folder into another folder?

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