Safely copies all content from one directory to another. - CSharp File IO

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Description

Safely copies all content from one directory to another.

Demo Code


using System.IO;/*  ww  w .  j av a2s. c o  m*/

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
      /// Safely copies all content from one directory to another.
      /// </summary>
      public static void CopyDirectory(string sourceDir, string destDir)
      {
         foreach (string sourceFile in Directory.GetFiles(
            sourceDir,
            "*",
            SearchOption.AllDirectories))
         {
            string destFile = sourceFile.Replace(sourceDir, destDir);
            CopyFile(sourceFile, destFile);
         }
      }
        /// <summary>
      /// Safely copies file, creating all necessary directories and overwriting destination.
      /// </summary>
      public static void CopyFile(string sourceFile, string destFile)
      {
         string destDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(destFile);
         if (!Directory.Exists(destDir))
            Directory.CreateDirectory(destDir);

         if (File.Exists(destFile))
         {
            FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(destFile);
            fi.Attributes = FileAttributes.Normal;
         }

         File.Copy(sourceFile, destFile, true);
      }
}

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