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DirectoryMove Method (String, String, MoveOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object, PathFormat)

[AlphaFS] Moves a file or a directory and its contents to a new location, MoveOptions can be specified, and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function.

Namespace:  Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly:  AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
Copy
public static CopyMoveResult Move(
	string sourcePath,
	string destinationPath,
	MoveOptions moveOptions,
	CopyMoveProgressRoutine progressHandler,
	Object userProgressData,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Parameters

sourcePath
Type: SystemString
The source directory path.
destinationPath
Type: SystemString
The destination directory path.
moveOptions
Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemMoveOptions
MoveOptions that specify how the directory is to be moved. This parameter can be .
progressHandler
Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemCopyMoveProgressRoutine
A callback function that is called each time another portion of the directory has been moved. This parameter can be .
userProgressData
Type: SystemObject
The argument to be passed to the callback function. This parameter can be .
pathFormat
Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).

Return Value

Type: CopyMoveResult
A CopyMoveResult class with the status of the Move action.
Exceptions
Remarks

This method does not work across disk volumes unless moveOptions contains CopyAllowed.

Whenever possible, avoid using short file names (such as XXXXXX~1.XXX) with this method.

If two directories have equivalent short file names then this method may fail and raise an exception and/or result in undesirable behavior.

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