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MoveTo Method

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Moves a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  System.IO (in System.IO.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub MoveTo ( _
    destDirName As String _
)
public void MoveTo(
    string destDirName
)
public:
void MoveTo(
    String^ destDirName
)
member MoveTo : 
        destDirName:string -> unit 
public function MoveTo(
    destDirName : String
)

Parameters

  • destDirName
    Type: System. . :: . .String
    The name and path to which to move this directory. The destination cannot be another disk volume or a directory with the identical name. It can be an existing directory to which you want to add this directory as a subdirectory.

Remarks

This method throws an IOException if, for example, you try to move c:\mydir to c:\public, and c:\public already exists. You must specify "c:\\public\\mydir" as the destDirName parameter, or specify a new directory name such as "c:\\newdir".

This method permits moving a directory to a read-only directory. The read/write attribute of neither directory is affected.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

DirectoryInfo Class

System.IO Namespace