Directory.Move Method (KernelTransaction, String, String, MoveOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object)

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

[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

C++

Copy

public static CopyMoveResult Move(
	KernelTransaction transaction,
	string sourcePath,
	string destinationPath,
	MoveOptions moveOptions,
	CopyMoveProgressRoutine progressHandler,
	Object userProgressData
)

Public Shared Function Move ( 
	transaction As KernelTransaction,
	sourcePath As String,
	destinationPath As String,
	moveOptions As MoveOptions,
	progressHandler As CopyMoveProgressRoutine,
	userProgressData As Object
) As CopyMoveResult

public:
static CopyMoveResult^ Move(
	KernelTransaction^ transaction, 
	String^ sourcePath, 
	String^ destinationPath, 
	MoveOptions moveOptions, 
	CopyMoveProgressRoutine^ progressHandler, 
	Object^ userProgressData
)

static member Move : 
        transaction : KernelTransaction * 
        sourcePath : string * 
        destinationPath : string * 
        moveOptions : MoveOptions * 
        progressHandler : CopyMoveProgressRoutine * 
        userProgressData : Object -> CopyMoveResult

Parameters

transaction: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemKernelTransaction
The transaction.
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 .

Return Value

Type: CopyMoveResult
Returns a CopyMoveResult class with the status of the Move action.

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.

Reference

Directory Class

Move Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace