Directory.Move Method (String, String, MoveOptions)

DirectoryMove Method (String, String, MoveOptions)

[AlphaFS] Moves a file or a directory and its contents to a new location, MoveOptions can be specified.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static void Move(
	string sourcePath,
	string destinationPath,
	MoveOptions moveOptions
)

Public Shared Sub Move ( 
	sourcePath As String,
	destinationPath As String,
	moveOptions As MoveOptions
)

public:
static void Move(
	String^ sourcePath, 
	String^ destinationPath, 
	MoveOptions moveOptions
)

static member Move : 
        sourcePath : string * 
        destinationPath : string * 
        moveOptions : MoveOptions -> unit

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 .

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Passed when the path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullException	Passed when path is .
DirectoryNotFoundException	Passed when the directory was not found.
IOException	Passed when an I/O error occurs.
NotSupportedException
UnauthorizedAccessException

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.