c# - Function to replicate the folder structure in the file path.

Question

I need a simple function which will take a FileInfo and a destination_directory_name as input, get the file path from the fileinfo and replicate it in the destination_directory_name passed as the second parameter.

for ex. filepath is "d:\recordings\location1\client1\job1\file1.ext the function should create the directories in the destination_directory_name if they dont exist and copy the file after creating the directories.

Answer 1

I'm using the following method for that purpose:

public static void CreateDirectory(DirectoryInfo directory)
{
    if (!directory.Parent.Exists)
     CreateDirectory(directory.Parent);
    directory.Create();
}

Use it in this way:

// path is your file path
string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
CreateDirectory(new DirectoryInfo(directory));

Answer 2

Hi, Directory.CreateDirectory can be used to create the final directory and will automatically create all folders in the path if they don't exist.

Thx

Andy, NZ