FileSystem.MoveDirectory Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Moves a directory from one location to another.

Overloads

MoveDirectory(String, String)	Moves a directory from one location to another.
MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption)	Moves a directory from one location to another.
MoveDirectory(String, String, Boolean)	Moves a directory from one location to another.
MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption, UICancelOption)	Moves a directory from one location to another.

MoveDirectory(String, String)

Source:

FileSystem.vb

Moves a directory from one location to another.

public:
 static void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName);

public static void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName);

static member MoveDirectory : string * string -> unit

Public Shared Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String)

Parameters

sourceDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to be moved.

destinationDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).

ArgumentNullException

sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The directory does not exist.

IOException

The source is a root directory or The source path and the target path are the same.

PathTooLongException

The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.

InvalidOperationException

The operation is cyclic.

NotSupportedException

A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.

SecurityException

The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The user does not have required permission.

Examples

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)

Remarks

If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.

See also

• MoveFile
• CopyDirectory

MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption)

Source:

FileSystem.vb

Moves a directory from one location to another.

public:
 static void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft::VisualBasic::FileIO::UIOption showUI);

public static void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption showUI);

static member MoveDirectory : string * string * Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption -> unit

Public Shared Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String, showUI As UIOption)

Parameters

sourceDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to be moved.

destinationDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.

showUI

UIOption

Specifies whether to visually track the operation's progress. Default is UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).

ArgumentNullException

sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The directory does not exist.

IOException

The target directory already exists and overwrite is set to False.

PathTooLongException

The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.

InvalidOperationException

The operation is cyclic.

NotSupportedException

A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.

SecurityException

The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The user does not have required permission.

Examples

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)

Remarks

If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.

See also

• MoveFile
• CopyDirectory
• UIOption

MoveDirectory(String, String, Boolean)

Source:

FileSystem.vb

Moves a directory from one location to another.

public:
 static void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName, bool overwrite);

public static void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName, bool overwrite);

static member MoveDirectory : string * string * bool -> unit

Public Shared Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String, overwrite As Boolean)

Parameters

sourceDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to be moved.

destinationDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.

overwrite

Boolean

True if existing directories should be overwritten; otherwise False. Default is False.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).

ArgumentNullException

sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The directory does not exist.

IOException

The target directory already exists and overwrite is set to False.

PathTooLongException

The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.

InvalidOperationException

The operation is cyclic.

NotSupportedException

A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.

SecurityException

The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The user does not have required permission.

Examples

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)

Remarks

If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.

See also

• MoveFile
• CopyDirectory

MoveDirectory(String, String, UIOption, UICancelOption)

Source:

FileSystem.vb

Moves a directory from one location to another.

public:
 static void MoveDirectory(System::String ^ sourceDirectoryName, System::String ^ destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft::VisualBasic::FileIO::UIOption showUI, Microsoft::VisualBasic::FileIO::UICancelOption onUserCancel);

public static void MoveDirectory (string sourceDirectoryName, string destinationDirectoryName, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption showUI, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UICancelOption onUserCancel);

static member MoveDirectory : string * string * Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption * Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UICancelOption -> unit

Public Shared Sub MoveDirectory (sourceDirectoryName As String, destinationDirectoryName As String, showUI As UIOption, onUserCancel As UICancelOption)

Parameters

sourceDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to be moved.

destinationDirectoryName

String

Path of the directory to which the source directory is being moved.

showUI

UIOption

Specifies whether to visually track the operation's progress. Default is UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs.

onUserCancel

UICancelOption

Specifies whether or not an exception is thrown when the user cancels the operation. Default is UICancelOption.ThrowException.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string; it contains only white space; it contains invalid characters; or it is a device path (starts with \\.\).

ArgumentNullException

sourceDirectoryName or destinationDirectoryName is Nothing or an empty string.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The directory does not exist.

IOException

onUserCancel is set to ThrowException and a subdirectory of the file cannot be copied.

OperationCanceledException

onUserCancel is set to ThrowException, and the user cancels the operation, or the operation cannot be completed.

SecurityException

The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path.

PathTooLongException

The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.

InvalidOperationException

The operation is cyclic.

NotSupportedException

A file or directory name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The user does not have required permission.

Examples

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2")

This example moves Directory1 inside Directory2, overwriting the directory if it already exists.

My.Computer.FileSystem.MoveDirectory("C:\Directory1", "C:\Directory2",
True)

Remarks

If an attempt is made to move a directory inside a directory that does not exist, the target structure will be created.

See also

• MoveFile
• CopyDirectory
• UIOption
• UICancelOption