C# Move Files From A Folder To Another (How to code: if doesn't exist do nothing)

Question

Beginner: Here is my code:

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;   

public void MoveFiles(string sourcePath, string destinationPath)
    {
        string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath);
        Parallel.ForEach(files, file =>
        {
                if ("HOW TO CODE: If the sourceFiles exist in destFolder")
                {
                    File.Move(file, Path.Combine(destinationPath, Path.GetFileName(file)));
                }
        });
    }

I get an error if the source files exist in destination folder. How can I correct that and is there a better way to do that?

Possible duplicate of [How to check if a file exists in a folder?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7385251/how-to-check-if-a-file-exists-in-a-folder) — FCin, Feb 24 '17 at 12:59
**It gives an error:** " Cannot create a file when that file already exists." — Emre, Feb 24 '17 at 13:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '17 at 13:01

File has the static methods Delete and Exists you can use for that very case

if(File.Exists(file))
{
    if(File.Exists(destinationFile))
    {
        File.Delete(destinationFile);
    }
    File.Move(file, destinationFile);
}

I've used destinationFile to avoid redundancy.

C# Move Files From A Folder To Another (How to code: if doesn't exist do nothing)

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