Copy the entire contents of a directory in C#

Question

I want to copy the entire contents of a directory from one location to another in C#.

There doesn\'t appear to be a way to do this using System.IO class

Answer 1

This site always have helped me out a lot, and now it's my turn to help the others with what I know.

I hope that my code below be useful for someone.

string source_dir = @"E:\";
string destination_dir = @"C:\";

// substring is to remove destination_dir absolute path (E:\).

// Create subdirectory structure in destination    
    foreach (string dir in System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(source_dir, "*", System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories))
    {
        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(System.IO.Path.Combine(destination_dir, dir.Substring(source_dir.Length + 1)));
        // Example:
        //     > C:\sources (and not C:\E:\sources)
    }

    foreach (string file_name in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(source_dir, "*", System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories))
    {
        System.IO.File.Copy(file_name, System.IO.Path.Combine(destination_dir, file_name.Substring(source_dir.Length + 1)));
    }