moving/renaming directory to 2 levels below

[Daves]

why the heck can't I use Directory.Move() to rename a directory (containing
files) to a entry 2 levels below e.g.

uploads/tempfiles
-> uploads/tempfiles/48/003files

if I do this in one line it says "part of the file name not found" bla bla
so I move it in two steps but then in the second step it says "the file is
being used by another process"

Is this impossible to do????


ps i'm using c#/asp.net 2.0

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Daves,

This is more a logic issue than anything.

If you want to move uploads/tempfiles (directory included), then you are
basically eliminating the directory.

If anything, you need to copy the files over, and not the whole
directory. You can't just "expand" a path in that way.

What you should do is in the uplocats/tempfiles directory is to take all
the files and all of the directories, and copy them to new subdirectories
that you create.

Hope this helps.

 

[Daves]

well I need to MOVE it not copy, I simplified the code below, actually I'm
moving
"~/uploads/Forums/tempfiles123412"

to

"~/uploads/Forums/102/43files"

(the folder name refers to ForumID and MessageID)

Daves,

This is more a logic issue than anything.

If you want to move uploads/tempfiles (directory included), then you
are basically eliminating the directory.

If anything, you need to copy the files over, and not the whole
directory. You can't just "expand" a path in that way.

What you should do is in the uplocats/tempfiles directory is to take
all the files and all of the directories, and copy them to new
subdirectories that you create.

Hope this helps.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

why the heck can't I use Directory.Move() to rename a directory
(containing files) to a entry 2 levels below e.g.

uploads/tempfiles
-> uploads/tempfiles/48/003files

if I do this in one line it says "part of the file name not found" bla
bla so I move it in two steps but then in the second step it says "the
file is being used by another process"

Is this impossible to do????


ps i'm using c#/asp.net 2.0

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

well I need to MOVE it not copy, I simplified the code below, actually I'm
moving
"~/uploads/Forums/tempfiles123412"

to

"~/uploads/Forums/102/43files"

Well this is a complete different scenario, just create the dir and move the
files, you create the dir path using Directory.CreateDirectory, this will
create ALL the levels, then you move the files over