What is C# equivalent of VB.Net Rename function?

[Ben Wan]

VB.Net Rename function allow a file to be renamed or moved. How can I do
something similar in C# given that the rename function is not available in
C#?

 

[Klaus H. Probst]

System.IO.File.Move()

 

[Doknjas]

Actually, the Rename function is available if you're willing to use
the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace, but assuming you're not the true
.NET approach is:

System.IO.FileInfo test = new System.IO.FileInfo(sFileName);
//rename:
test.Name = sNewName;
//move:
test.MoveTo(sDestinationFileName);

 

[Ben Wan]

I assume using Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace makes VB functions available
in C#. How is that done?

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I assume using Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace makes VB functions available
in C#. How is that done?

There's an assembly which basically mimics a lot of the VB
functionality. I would recommend against using it without making sure
that a "normal" .NET way of doing what you want isn't available first
though. People reading your C# code shouldn't have to be familiar with
VB, and they're much more likely to know about File.Move than the VB
Rename function.

 

[Doknjas]

Just use it like any other namespace in .NET -
"Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings". But I agree with Jon Skeet - the
.net version is so simple that there's no reason to use the older VB
method.