Moving the multiple files from one to another location

[annie_bel]

hi! I have a directory, which contain some .txt files, .doc files and .xml files. I want to move only .xml files to another directory. I had already done one file but i couldn't move multiple xml files. please do my favour. thanx & regards

[Nuri Ismail]

You can move your files at once by using SHFileOperation API. This[^] is a very good article that describes how you can use this API in C#. One of the examples in the article shows exactly how to move multiple files. :)

[Islorvat]

Here is how i would do it:

       foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\\MyFolder")) 
        {
            if (f.EndsWith(".xml")) 
            {
                string currentf = f.Substring(f.LastIndexOf('\\\\') + 1); 
                File.Move(f, @"C:\\MyFolder\\MyXmlFolder\\" + currentf); 
            }
        }

It iterates through every file in MyFolder and if it's an xml then move it to MyXmlFolder.

[annie_bel]

Thank you vey much! Islorvat but if my file already exist in destination,then... with regards

modified on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:35 AM

[Luc Pattyn]

you may want to read up on the System.IO.Path[^] class, which offers methods to deal with file paths. :)

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[annie_bel]

Thanx, I resolved my problems