copy all type format file from folder in c#

Question

I am trying to copy all format file (.txt,.pdf,.doc ...) file from source folder to destination.

I have write code only for text file.

What should I do to copy all format files?

My code:

string fileName = "test.txt";
string sourcePath = @"E:\test222";
string targetPath =  @"E:\TestFolder"; 

string sourceFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(sourcePath, fileName);
string destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(targetPath, fileName);

Code to copy file:

System.IO.File.Copy(sourceFile, destFile, true);

Possible duplicate of [Copy Folders in C# using System.IO](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/677221/copy-folders-in-c-sharp-using-system-io) — Omar, Jun 07 '12 at 08:12

jflood.net · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07T08:00:39.803

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Use Directory.GetFiles and loop the paths

string sourcePath = @"E:\test222";
string targetPath =  @"E:\TestFolder";

foreach (var sourceFilePath in Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath))
{
     string fileName = Path.GetFileName(sourceFilePath);
     string destinationFilePath = Path.Combine(targetPath, fileName);   

     System.IO.File.Copy(sourceFilePath, destinationFilePath , true);
}

edited Jun 07 '12 at 08:00

answered Jun 07 '12 at 07:54

jflood.net

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@jflood.net: vote down because initially you write only Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath). But, i am not that person :) – Talha Jun 07 '12 at 09:15

moribvndvs · Answer 2 · 2012-06-07T08:11:00.620

I kinda got the impression you wanted to filter by extension. If so, this will do it. Comment out the parts I indicate below if you don't.

string sourcePath = @"E:\test222";
string targetPath =  @"E:\TestFolder"; 

var extensions = new[] {".txt", ".pdf", ".doc" }; // not sure if you really wanted to filter by extension or not, it kinda seemed like maybe you did. if not, comment this out

var files = (from file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(sourcePath)
             where extensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file), StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) // comment this out if you don't want to filter extensions
             select new 
                            { 
                              Source = file, 
                              Destination = Path.Combine(targetPath, Path.GetFileName(file))
                            });

foreach(var file in files)
{
  File.Copy(file.Source, file.Destination);
}

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '12 at 07:59

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string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"E:\test222\", "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

use this, and loop through all the files to copy into destination folder

answered Jun 07 '12 at 07:59

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copy all type format file from folder in c#

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