Granting full permissions to everyone on newly created folder from within c#

Question

Im saving images from a URL list but trying to duplicate the folder structure locally.

I parse the URL to give me the folder structure I want :

Example:

URL =  www.site.com/images/folder1/folder2/image

My local base folder is mydocs/site/images I split the url string up and am able to recursively create the proper folder structure using:

 if (!Directory.Exists(finalLocalFolder))
    {
        DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(finalLocalFolder);
    }

Everything works great UNTIL I try and save the image to the folder using :

    WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
    webClient.DownloadFile(remoteUrl, finalLocalFolder);

In which case, I am told that access to that folder is denied.

"System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'mydocs\images\test\test1\test\2\3m' is denied."

So I am guessing that I need to create a step in the CREATEDIRECTORY area where I immediately grant access to that folder.

Is there an easy way to do this?

That's odd. Folders generally inherit the permissions of their parent which also usually includes the Creator/Owner having full permission. Are you trying to save to "Program Files" or something? — lc., Jan 23 '13 at 19:15
I don't mean the type of file you are trying to save, I mean the `%ProgramFiles%` folder — lc., Jan 23 '13 at 19:17
`'mydocs\images\test\test1\test\2\3m'` doesn't look like a complete path to me. Seems something like `C:\` is missing at the beginning? — Uwe Keim, Jan 23 '13 at 19:18
NO! BUT!!! you got me looking and thinking. This is my bad...so sorry. Ill delete this -- I forgot to give the final path an actual FILE name (DOH!) — Todd Vance, Jan 23 '13 at 19:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '13 at 19:30

I can close this if you would like - but just to put up what my problem was... here it is:

In here: webClient.DownloadFile(remoteUrl, finalLocalFolder);

finalLocalFolder was ending up something like: "C:\mydocs\images\test\test2" when IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN "C:\mydocs\images\test\test2\theimagefilename.jpg"

Stupid moment. Sorry.

Granting full permissions to everyone on newly created folder from within c#

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