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MHTri
MHTri

Reputation: 910

Network COPY Cmds within C# - File Not Found?

I'm trying to copy a file over to a networked folder on a mapped drive. I tested out COPY in my command line which worked, so I thought I'd try automating the process within C#.

ProcessStartInfo PInfo;
Process P;
PInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("COPY \"" + "c:\\test\\test.txt" + "\" \"" + "w:\\test\\what.txt" + "\"", @"/Z");
PInfo.CreateNoWindow = false; //nowindow
PInfo.UseShellExecute = true; //use shell
P = Process.Start(PInfo);
P.WaitForExit(5000); //give it some time to finish
P.Close();

Raises an exception : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The system cannot find the file specified

What am I missing? Would I have to add anything else to the command parameters?

I've tried File.Copy but it doesn't appear to work (File.Exists("<mappeddriveletter>:\\folder\\file.txt");) brings up false.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1411

Answers (3)

Doc Brown
Doc Brown

Reputation: 20044

This SO post contains an example

Run Command Prompt Commands

how to do it right. You need to call cmd.exe with /c copy as a parameter.

Upvotes: 2

ig2r
ig2r

Reputation: 2394

Well, for the technical bit: copy in itself is not an executable, but merely a command interpreted by cmd. So basically, you'd have to start cmd.exe as a process, and pass it a flag that makes it run the copy command (which you'll also have to supply as a parameter).

Anyways, I'd side with Promit and recommend looking into File.Copy or something similar.

e: Ah, missed your comment on Promit's answer when I posted this.

Upvotes: 2

Promit
Promit

Reputation: 3507

Wouldn't it be a lot easier to use File.Copy ?

Upvotes: 1

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