C# merge one directory with another

Question

I have an autoupdater C# program. It will download a rar file that holds the changed or new files for the update to some software. The rar file has it\'s structure just like

Answer 1

The simplest way is to use the FileSystem.MoveDirectory method. Make sure you add a reference to the Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll:

using Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO;
...
// Merge D:\SourceDir with D:\DestDir:
FileSystem.MoveDirectory("D:\\SourceDir", "D:\\DestDir", true /* Overwrite */);