move a file from one directory to another
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Hi, I'm trying to move a file from 1 directory to another. But no matter what I try, I keep getting this error at runtime: Cannot create a file when that file already exists. string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(dir1, "*.txt"); Directory.Move(filePaths[i], checkedFiles); All the files in filePaths are in bin\debug\FilesToCheck folder And checkedFiles folder is in bin\debug\checkedFiles What am I doing wrong?
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Hi, I'm trying to move a file from 1 directory to another. But no matter what I try, I keep getting this error at runtime: Cannot create a file when that file already exists. string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(dir1, "*.txt"); Directory.Move(filePaths[i], checkedFiles); All the files in filePaths are in bin\debug\FilesToCheck folder And checkedFiles folder is in bin\debug\checkedFiles What am I doing wrong?
Make sure checkedFiles ends on a backslash, making it a folder, not a file. :)
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Make sure checkedFiles ends on a backslash, making it a folder, not a file. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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Hi, I'm trying to move a file from 1 directory to another. But no matter what I try, I keep getting this error at runtime: Cannot create a file when that file already exists. string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(dir1, "*.txt"); Directory.Move(filePaths[i], checkedFiles); All the files in filePaths are in bin\debug\FilesToCheck folder And checkedFiles folder is in bin\debug\checkedFiles What am I doing wrong?
Please show us the first and last of the filePaths[] elements, and the checkedFiles value, as seen by your app. Why do you use
Directory.Moverather thanFile.Move? :)Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
All Toronto weekends should be extremely wet until we get it automated in regular forums, not just QA.
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Please show us the first and last of the filePaths[] elements, and the checkedFiles value, as seen by your app. Why do you use
Directory.Moverather thanFile.Move? :)Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
All Toronto weekends should be extremely wet until we get it automated in regular forums, not just QA.
I tried them both. And both give me the same error at runtime. Here are the 2 elements in the filePaths[]: [0]"C:\\Users\\The User\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2008\\Projects\\ProjectMultiThread\\ProjectMultiThread\\bin\\Debug\\filesToCheck\\634029044974663752.txt" [505]"C:\\Users\\The User\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2008\\Projects\\ProjectMultiThread\\ProjectMultiThread\\bin\\Debug\\filesToCheck\\634029930615165770.txt" The checkedFiles variable: C:\Users\The User\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ProjectMultiThread\ProjectMultiThread\bin\Debug\Checked Files\ I tried the 'checked files' with and without a space. Just for the record, I'm trying to move this file from folder filesToCheck: '634029930615165770.txt' To the 'Checked Files' folder. I have used File.Move and: FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(this.filesToCheck);
modified on Monday, March 1, 2010 5:28 AM
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I tried them both. And both give me the same error at runtime. Here are the 2 elements in the filePaths[]: [0]"C:\\Users\\The User\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2008\\Projects\\ProjectMultiThread\\ProjectMultiThread\\bin\\Debug\\filesToCheck\\634029044974663752.txt" [505]"C:\\Users\\The User\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2008\\Projects\\ProjectMultiThread\\ProjectMultiThread\\bin\\Debug\\filesToCheck\\634029930615165770.txt" The checkedFiles variable: C:\Users\The User\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ProjectMultiThread\ProjectMultiThread\bin\Debug\Checked Files\ I tried the 'checked files' with and without a space. Just for the record, I'm trying to move this file from folder filesToCheck: '634029930615165770.txt' To the 'Checked Files' folder. I have used File.Move and: FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(this.filesToCheck);
modified on Monday, March 1, 2010 5:28 AM
Luc Pattyn, I fixed the problem. I found this site: http://www.devnewsgroups.net/dotnetframework/t1557-file-move-file-copy-exception.aspx[^] And: Jacky Kwok's reply to someone else's post did the trick. But I don't quite understood what he said. A quote from what I mean: [quote] The "BackUpPath" in both "Copy" and "Move" in your code are directory only. However, the "File.Copy" and "File.Move" require it is filename. [/quote] If I understand this correctly, File.Move wants in both arguments a File name like this: File.Move(file1, file2); Isn't that odd? I'm trying to move a file from one directory to another. But here, you're moving a file to another file?
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Luc Pattyn, I fixed the problem. I found this site: http://www.devnewsgroups.net/dotnetframework/t1557-file-move-file-copy-exception.aspx[^] And: Jacky Kwok's reply to someone else's post did the trick. But I don't quite understood what he said. A quote from what I mean: [quote] The "BackUpPath" in both "Copy" and "Move" in your code are directory only. However, the "File.Copy" and "File.Move" require it is filename. [/quote] If I understand this correctly, File.Move wants in both arguments a File name like this: File.Move(file1, file2); Isn't that odd? I'm trying to move a file from one directory to another. But here, you're moving a file to another file?
Yes, File.Move takes two filenames, that is perfectly clear in the documentation. FYI: when both files reside in the same disk partition, the file data is not copied, the file is just renamed, i.e. one or two folder lists get modified. The documentation on Directory.Move is not very clear however; AFAIK it can move an entire folder (when given two folder names), or it moves a single file (when given two file names). :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
All Toronto weekends should be extremely wet until we get it automated in regular forums, not just QA.
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Yes, File.Move takes two filenames, that is perfectly clear in the documentation. FYI: when both files reside in the same disk partition, the file data is not copied, the file is just renamed, i.e. one or two folder lists get modified. The documentation on Directory.Move is not very clear however; AFAIK it can move an entire folder (when given two folder names), or it moves a single file (when given two file names). :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
All Toronto weekends should be extremely wet until we get it automated in regular forums, not just QA.
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Yes, File.Move takes two filenames, that is perfectly clear in the documentation. FYI: when both files reside in the same disk partition, the file data is not copied, the file is just renamed, i.e. one or two folder lists get modified. The documentation on Directory.Move is not very clear however; AFAIK it can move an entire folder (when given two folder names), or it moves a single file (when given two file names). :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
All Toronto weekends should be extremely wet until we get it automated in regular forums, not just QA.
Hi Luc, It seems that the files which are moved, are somehow messed up. - If i try to open it, it's empty and ms windows is 'asking' me if i want to create a new file. - If i try to delete the file, windows is 'telling' me that the file "is no longer located in the-file-path". I was hoping you could help me out here.