File.Move Method (String, String, MoveOptions)

FileMove Method (String, String, MoveOptions)

[AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name.

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

Syntax

public static void Move(
	string sourceFileName,
	string destinationFileName,
	MoveOptions moveOptions
)

Public Shared Sub Move ( 
	sourceFileName As String,
	destinationFileName As String,
	moveOptions As MoveOptions
)

public:
static void Move(
	String^ sourceFileName, 
	String^ destinationFileName, 
	MoveOptions moveOptions
)

static member Move : 
        sourceFileName : string * 
        destinationFileName : string * 
        moveOptions : MoveOptions -> unit

sourceFileName: Type: SystemString
The name of the file to move.
destinationFileName: Type: SystemString
The new path for the file.
moveOptions: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemMoveOptions
MoveOptions that specify how the file 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.
FileNotFoundException	Passed if the file was not found.
IOException	Passed when an I/O error occurs.
NotSupportedException
UnauthorizedAccessException

Remarks

This method works across disk volumes, and it does not throw an exception if the source and destination are the same.

Note that if you attempt to replace a file by moving a file of the same name into that directory, you get an IOException.

You cannot use the Move method to overwrite an existing file.

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

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