Query About File.MoveTo() functionality in SharePoint 2019 for moving file from One Library to Another Library Programmatically

Question

Hello Team,
Hope you are doing well!

I have one doubt about the functionality of a method "public void MoveTo(string newUrl, bool bOverWrite)" in SharePoint 2019 (Program written in C# and created custom solution).

Scenario - We are trying to move the file from one Library to another Library in the same site collection. just wanted to understand the sequence of event occurred behind the scene. As it does create the item first in target library and then delete the file from source Library. Though it worked differently in case of file moving within the library from one folder to other folder as it lifts and shift the file.

Question: is there any chance that this method will delete the file first and create file later? or this can't happened any time?

The reason for asking this is, we wanted to ensure the file movement with highest degree of integrity and we must not miss the file.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Sharepoint won't give this guarantee - e.g. if database connection will be dropped during MoveTo call operation may not be fully completed. If you want to ensure that file won't be lost develop logic which will make copy of the file to some storage before to move it.

Answer 2

Thank you All. I got the answer. We can close this thread now.
Regards,
Prabhakar

Answer 3

Hi @Prabhakar Kumar ,

According to my research and testing, unfortunately, there is no official documentation describe the workflow of the File.MoveTo() method, so it is not possible to determine whether it is possible to delete a file first and then create it later. As a workaround, you could make a backup of the file before moving it, and then use the File.MoveTo() method.

Hope it can help you. Thanks for your understanding.

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