directory renaming in C#

[imran4sin]

Is there any method available to rename a certain directory?

I've looked under Directory and DirectoryInfo but cant find much on renaming the directory.

Moving the directory to another is not an option, constraint is the fize size on remote server + time.
thanks.

PS: havent checked google yet

[LinuxFreaK]

Dear imran4sin,
Salam,

Is there any method available to rename a certain directory?

Might be given fucntion will help you out.

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system(mv dir newdir)

Best Regards.

[imran4sin]

Hi LinuxFreak,
Its on a windows environment.


I could use

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public static void Move ( System.String sourceDirName , System.String destDirName )
    Member of System.IO.Directory

Summary:
Moves a file or a directory and its contents to a new location.  

This should really rename the folder to the new folder, i need to try it .. will let you know.
cheers.

[lambda]

Is there any method available to rename a certain directory?

I've looked under Directory and DirectoryInfo but cant find much on renaming the directory.

use the method you found: move. the msdn docs say it renames directories as well as moves them.

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using System;

class MV
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        if (args.Length < 2) {
            System.Console.WriteLine("mv.exe old-dir new-dir");
            return;
        }
        mv(args[0], args[1]);
    }

    static void mv(string olddir, string newdir)
    {
        try  {
                    System.IO.Directory.Move(olddir, newdir);
                }
        catch (Exception) {
            System.Console.WriteLine("error, couldn't mv.");
        }
    }
}

Moving the directory to another is not an option, constraint is the fize size on remote server + time.

on unix, at least, move renames instead of moving. just like what msdn's docs say.

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fn@r50e:~$ mkdir a a/b
fn@r50e:~$ touch a/file1 a/b/file2
fn@r50e:~$ ls -laRi a
a:
total 12
547466 drwxr-xr-x   3 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 .
353410 drwxr-xr-x  24 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 ..
547467 drwxr-xr-x   2 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 b
547468 -rw-r--r--   1 fn fn    0 2006-02-05 02:29 file1

a/b:
total 8
547467 drwxr-xr-x  2 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 .
547466 drwxr-xr-x  3 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 ..
547469 -rw-r--r--  1 fn fn    0 2006-02-05 02:29 file2
fn@r50e:~$ ./mv.exe a c
fn@r50e:~$ ls -laRi c
c:
total 12
547466 drwxr-xr-x   3 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 .
353410 drwxr-xr-x  24 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 ..
547467 drwxr-xr-x   2 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 b
547468 -rw-r--r--   1 fn fn    0 2006-02-05 02:29 file1

c/b:
total 8
547467 drwxr-xr-x  2 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 .
547466 drwxr-xr-x  3 fn fn 4096 2006-02-05 02:29 ..
547469 -rw-r--r--  1 fn fn    0 2006-02-05 02:29 file2
fn@r50e:~$

[imran4sin]

yes.. move worked nicely... as expected.

I was making a silly mistake of using the wrong function .. must have done it --late night.

anyhow.. cheers.