Copy file from source directory to destination C#

Question

I would like to copy my files from source folder to my dest. folder

The location / URL(Name of the column in the table) I got it from here GetDataByGeneralRoot();

Now I would like to copy those file from that URL to a new directory.

What I have done is:

DataSet1.T_DocumentsDataTable docTab = doc.GetDataByGeneralRoot(); string gerneralRootPath = docTab.Rows[0]["URL"].ToString(); gerneralRootPath = gerneralRootPath.Remove(gerneralRootPath.IndexOf("PDF") + 4); string datadirectory = "//ch-s-0001535/G/inetpub/DocAddWeb/DataSource/"; string final = datadirectory + gerneralRootPath; foreach (string path in Directory.GetFiles(final, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)) { string t = path.Substring(path.IndexOf("\\") + 1); File.Copy(t, t.Replace(final + t, rootFolderAbsolutePath)); }

My issue / problem is how can I say that I want to get only the files from URL that I got from my method GetDataByGeneralRoot and not all the files what is now happening.

HERE is how my tabel looks like:

It's hard to tell from your source and question but if you are trying to only get the files in the final directory, you need to change SearchOption.AllDirectories to SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly — Kell
– Kell, Commented Jun 13, 2016 at 13:23
@Kell I have a ID and this is linked to some URL and I got this id as well as all the URL/ GetDataByGeneralRoot() and now I would like to copy only files that can be associated with the ID — SuperDoc
– SuperDoc, Commented Jun 13, 2016 at 13:26
In your foreach loop, check whether the file is associated with the ID and if not continue. — Kell
– Kell, Commented Jun 13, 2016 at 13:28
@Kell YES that is more or less what I want to do but how can I do that ? — SuperDoc
– SuperDoc, Commented Jun 13, 2016 at 13:29

Kell · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-13 13:59:21Z

I think you want something like this

 public void copyAll(DataSet ds, Doc doc, string rootPath, string rootTargetPath) { ds.T_DocumentsDataTable docTab = doc.GetDataByGeneralRoot(); string datadirectory = "//ch-s-0001535/G/inetpub/DocAddWeb/DataSource/"; string final = datadirectory + rootPath; foreach (var row in docTab.Rows) { var sourceFile = "//ch-s-0001535/G/inetpub/DocAddWeb/DataSource/" + row["URL"].ToString(); string targetPath = rootTargetPath + row["URL"].ToString(); File.Copy(sourceFile, rootTargetPath); } }

Instead of +, use Path.Combine() to combine path elements.
Thanks allot for you help ! the only issue i have now that rootTargetPath is a directory, not a file.
if you use Path.Combine(rootTargetPath, row["URL"].ToString()) you should get a file.

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