Moving Directory

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Hello,
I'm having problems with moving a directory to another location. Everytime i try to move it, it tells me the file already exists. Here is the code

Directory.Move(textBox3.Text, textBox2.Text);

textBox2 is the path for the folder i want the directory to be moved to. textBox3 is the path for the directory i want to move. All i keep getting is an IOException Cannot create a file when that file already exists. Ive searched for this problem for hours now with no luck. Thanks

Christian Graus: Yes i am aware naming conventions make it readable. Yes my textbox source and dest are correct. Even if it was not correct, it would just move the other folder into the one i want to move, however it is not working.

DaveyM69: Yes i read that link several times lol. I've tried appending the source folder to the destination path, however i seem to have problems with removing the folders entire path instead of it just using the folder name. So when i append it, it gives me an error "The given path's format is not supported". Do you know how i could remove the whole path, so i just have the Pakoo name that i can append and attempt?

And thanks to both of you for helping me with this.

DaveyM69: Thank you. Works perfectly. Thanks again

Posted 28-Mar-10 11:52am

syperus

Updated 28-Mar-10 13:40pm

v4

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Solution 4

I suspect you're not appending the final directory name to your destination path.

Look at the remarks section on this[^] page.

Using your example, textBox2.Text would need to be
C:\Users\ME\Downloads\Pakoo
not
C:\Users\ME\Downloads
as C:\Users\ME\Downloads already exists.

Posted 28-Mar-10 12:40pm

DaveyM69

Updated 28-Mar-10 12:58pm

v3

Solution 1

Well, are you certain you have the parameters in the right order ? Absolutely SURE the directory does not exist ?

Posted 28-Mar-10 12:12pm

Christian Graus

Solution 3

Please don't push 'answer' to reply, unless you're posting an answer. Edit your post.

And textbox3 is where you enter the source, and textbox2 is where you enter the destination ? Did it occur to you that having meaningful names like txtSource and txtDest would make your code readable ? You've stepped through the debugger and the directories are definitely source, destination, not the opposite ?

Posted 28-Mar-10 12:37pm

Christian Graus

Solution 2

Yes i am sure the directory is not there. I cut the directory from the area i want it to be and put it on the desktop. Heres a better example

I have the directory name Pakoo. The origional it was located at:

C:\Users\ME\Documents\Pakoo

And i want to try to move it to the downloads folder, so in the end it will be:

C:\Users\ME\Downloads\Pakoo

Posted 28-Mar-10 12:32pm

syperus

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DaveyM69 · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-28T13:18:00

I've just tested this code and it seems to do what you want, just change the hardcoded values for the ones from your Textboxes and add error checking/exception catching.

C#

//Moves the 'Test' folder
string source = @"C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Test";
string destination = Path.Combine(
    @"C:\Users\Dave", new DirectoryInfo(
        source).Name);
Directory.Move(source, destination);