Copy directory using Qt

Question

I want to copy a directory from one drive to another drive. My selected directory contains many sub directories and files.

How can I implement the same using Qt?

Answer 1

I wanted something similar, and was googling (in vain), so this is where I've got to:

static bool cpDir(const QString &srcPath, const QString &dstPath)
{
    rmDir(dstPath);
    QDir parentDstDir(QFileInfo(dstPath).path());
    if (!parentDstDir.mkdir(QFileInfo(dstPath).fileName()))
        return false;

    QDir srcDir(srcPath);
    foreach(const QFileInfo &info, srcDir.entryInfoList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot)) {
        QString srcItemPath = srcPath + "/" + info.fileName();
        QString dstItemPath = dstPath + "/" + info.fileName();
        if (info.isDir()) {
            if (!cpDir(srcItemPath, dstItemPath)) {
                return false;
            }
        } else if (info.isFile()) {
            if (!QFile::copy(srcItemPath, dstItemPath)) {
                return false;
            }
        } else {
            qDebug() << "Unhandled item" << info.filePath() << "in cpDir";
        }
    }
    return true;
}

It uses an rmDir function that looks pretty similar:

static bool rmDir(const QString &dirPath)
{
    QDir dir(dirPath);
    if (!dir.exists())
        return true;
    foreach(const QFileInfo &info, dir.entryInfoList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot)) {
        if (info.isDir()) {
            if (!rmDir(info.filePath()))
                return false;
        } else {
            if (!dir.remove(info.fileName()))
                return false;
        }
    }
    QDir parentDir(QFileInfo(dirPath).path());
    return parentDir.rmdir(QFileInfo(dirPath).fileName());
}

This doesn't handle links and special files, btw.