FileSystemProxy.MoveDirectory Method
Definition
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Moves a directory from one location to another.
Overloads
| MoveDirectory(String, String) |
Moves a directory from one location to another. |
| MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption) |
Moves a directory from one location to another. |
| MoveDirectory(String, String, Boolean) |
Moves a directory from one location to another. |
| MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption, UICancelOption) |
Moves a directory from one location to another. |
MoveDirectory(String, String)
Moves a directory from one location to another.
public:
void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName);public void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName);member this.MoveDirectory : string * string -> unitPublic Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String)Parameters
- sourceDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to be moved.
- destinationDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.
Exceptions
The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).
sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.
The directory does not exist.
The source is a root directory or The source path and the target path are the same.
The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
The operation is cyclic.
A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.
The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.
The user does not have required permission.
Examples
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)
Remarks
If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.
See also
- MoveFile(String, String)
- CopyDirectory(String, String)
- Objects (Visual Basic)
- Creating, Deleting, and Moving Files and Directories in Visual Basic
Applies to
MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption)
Moves a directory from one location to another.
public:
void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft::VisualBasic::FileIO::UIOption showUI);public void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption showUI);member this.MoveDirectory : string * string * Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption -> unitPublic Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String, showUI As UIOption)Parameters
- sourceDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to be moved.
- destinationDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.
- showUI
- UIOption
Specifies whether to visually track the operation's progress. Default is UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs.
Exceptions
The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).
sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.
The directory does not exist.
The target directory already exists and overwrite is set to False.
The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
The operation is cyclic.
A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.
The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.
The user does not have required permission.
Examples
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)
Remarks
If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.
See also
- MoveFile(String, String)
- CopyDirectory(String, String)
- UIOption
- Objects (Visual Basic)
- Creating, Deleting, and Moving Files and Directories in Visual Basic
Applies to
MoveDirectory(String, String, Boolean)
Moves a directory from one location to another.
public:
void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName, bool overwrite);public void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName, bool overwrite);member this.MoveDirectory : string * string * bool -> unitPublic Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String, overwrite As Boolean)Parameters
- sourceDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to be moved.
- destinationDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.
- overwrite
- Boolean
True if existing directories should be overwritten; otherwise False. Default is False.
Exceptions
The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).
sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.
The directory does not exist.
The target directory already exists and overwrite is set to False.
The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
The operation is cyclic.
A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.
The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.
The user does not have required permission.
Examples
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)
Remarks
If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.
See also
- MoveFile(String, String)
- CopyDirectory(String, String)
- Objects (Visual Basic)
- Creating, Deleting, and Moving Files and Directories in Visual Basic
Applies to
MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption, UICancelOption)
Moves a directory from one location to another.
public:
void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft::VisualBasic::FileIO::UIOption showUI, Microsoft::VisualBasic::FileIO::UICancelOption onUserCancel);public void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption showUI, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UICancelOption onUserCancel);member this.MoveDirectory : string * string * Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption * Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UICancelOption -> unitPublic Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String, showUI As UIOption, onUserCancel As UICancelOption)Parameters
- sourceDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to be moved.
- destinationDirectoryName
- String
Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.
- showUI
- UIOption
Specifies whether to visually track the operation's progress. Default is UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs.
- onUserCancel
- UICancelOption
Specifies whether or not an exception is thrown when the user cancels the operation. Default is UICancelOption.ThrowException.
Exceptions
The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).
sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.
The directory does not exist.
onUserCancel is set to ThrowException and a subdirectory of the file cannot be copied.
onUserCancel is set to ThrowException, and the user cancels the operation, or the operation cannot be completed.
The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.
The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
The operation is cyclic.
A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.
The user does not have required permission.
Examples
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")
This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.
My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)
Remarks
If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.
See also
- MoveFile(String, String)
- CopyDirectory(String, String)
- UIOption
- UICancelOption
- Objects (Visual Basic)
- Creating, Deleting, and Moving Files and Directories in Visual Basic
Applies to
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