{"id":1245,"date":"2023-03-29T11:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csharptutorial.net\/?page_id=1245"},"modified":"2023-03-29T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:04:55","slug":"csharp-move-directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.csharptutorial.net\/csharp-file\/csharp-move-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"C# Move Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you&#8217;ll learn how to use move a directory and all of its subdirectories and files to a new directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to the C# Directory.Move() method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>Directory.Move()<\/code> static method allows you to move a directory and its contents to a new location. Here&#8217;s the syntax of <code>Directory.Move()<\/code> static method:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Move<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-params\">\n   <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> sourceDirName, \n   <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> destDirName\n<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>sourceDirName<\/code> is the path to a directory to move.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>destDirName<\/code> is the path to the new directory for the <code>sourceDirName<\/code> and its contents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>Directory.Move()<\/code> method carries three operations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/csharptutorial.net\/csharp-file\/csharp-create-directory\/\">create a new directory<\/a> with the name specified by <code>destDirName<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second, move all the files and directories from <code>sourceDirName<\/code> to the newly created destination directory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third, delete the original directory specified by the <code>sourceDirName<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>Directory.Move()<\/code> method throws an <code>IOException<\/code> in one of the following scenarios:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The subdirectories or files within the directory are being used by another process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both the <code>sourceDirName<\/code> and <code>destDirname<\/code> directories point to the same directory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The destination directory specified by the <code>destDirName<\/code> already exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The directory specified <code>destDirName<\/code> is located on a different volume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>Directory.Move()<\/code> method also raises a <code>DirectoryNotFoundException<\/code> if the directory specified by <code>sourceDirName<\/code> is invalid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C# Directory.Move() static method example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose you have the following source directory <code>C:\\backup<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"plaintext\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"plaintext\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-plaintext\">c:\\backup\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 2023\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 01\n   |  \u2514\u2500\u2500 readme.txt\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 02\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 03\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 04\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 05\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 06\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 07\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 08\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 09\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 10\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 11\n   \u2514\u2500\u2500 12\n\ndirectory: 13 file: 1<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">plaintext<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">plaintext<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>And you want to move the directory <code>2023<\/code> and all of its subdirectories and files to <code>C:\\archive<\/code> directory. To do that, you can use the <code><code>Directory.Move<\/code>()<\/code> static method as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> System.Console;\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> backupDir = <span class=\"hljs-string\">@\"C:\\backup\\2023\"<\/span>;\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> archiveDir = <span class=\"hljs-string\">@\"C:\\archive\\2023\"<\/span>;\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>\n{\n    Directory.Move(backupDir, archiveDir);\n}\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">catch<\/span> (IOException ex)\n{\n    WriteLine(ex.Message);\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>After running the program, the <code>C:\\archive<\/code> will have the directory <code>2023<\/code> and all of its contents under the <code>C:\\archive<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"plaintext\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"plaintext\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-plaintext\">c:\\archive\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 2023\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 01\n   |  \u2514\u2500\u2500 readme.txt\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 02\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 03\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 04\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 05\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 06\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 07\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 08\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 09\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 10\n   \u251c\u2500\u2500 11\n   \u2514\u2500\u2500 12\n\ndirectory: 13 file: 1<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">plaintext<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">plaintext<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>And the <code>2023<\/code> directory in the <code>C:\\backup<\/code> is deleted:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"plaintext\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"plaintext\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-plaintext\">c:\\backup<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">plaintext<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">plaintext<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 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