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GurdeepS
GurdeepS

Reputation: 67213

Making a sub directory with a folder structure from part of a path

If I have a path, like so:

c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\abc.exe

And I want to make a folder under a drive/path such as

Z:\Stuff\

How can I make a sub directory and select whether I want everything from windows onwards, system32 onwards, or inetsrv onwards? BTW I know DirectoryInfo has a method called CreateSubDirectory().

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 459

Answers (2)

svick
svick

Reputation: 244757

If you want to copy everything from one directory to another you can use something like this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

namespace so_cp__r
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Enter path from where you want to copy:");
            List<DirectoryInfo> fromDirs = new List<DirectoryInfo>();
            DirectoryInfo dir = new FileInfo(Console.ReadLine()).Directory;
            while (dir != null)
            {
                fromDirs.Add(dir);
                dir = dir.Parent;
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < fromDirs.Count; i++)
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", i, fromDirs[i].FullName);
            Console.WriteLine("From which of these dirs do you want to start?");
            DirectoryInfo fromDir = fromDirs[int.Parse(Console.ReadLine())];
            Console.WriteLine("Where do you want to copy?");
            DirectoryInfo toDir = new DirectoryInfo(Console.ReadLine());
            recursive_copy(fromDir, toDir);
        }

        static void recursive_copy(DirectoryInfo fromDir, DirectoryInfo toDir)
        {
            DirectoryInfo child = toDir.CreateSubdirectory(fromDir.Name);
            foreach (FileInfo file in fromDir.GetFiles())
                file.CopyTo(child.FullName + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + file.Name);
            foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in fromDir.GetDirectories())
                recursive_copy(dir, child);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

jvanderh
jvanderh

Reputation: 2955

You can use System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(path). It is a static method unlike the DirectoryInfo one where you need an instance of a directory to call it.

After that you could use Xcopy or Robocopy to copy all the files and subdirectories.

Upvotes: 2

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