want to move files of certain extension to another folder

[needscoop]

Is there a quick way to a "blanket" move all files of a certain extension to another directory. This is for archiving purposes.

Example: move all *.xls files from C:\Current to C:\Archive

I've used File.Move to move a specific file, and used
MoveTo() to move all files from an existing folder to a
new (non-existent) folder, but I want to move just
files of a particular extension to another folder
(where the destination folder already exists).


T.I.A.!

 

[Dinobrago]

Yes, there is a way to do it but essentially it uses the method you described in a loop.

Basically, you get the list of files in the directory and move the ones which have the appropriate extension:

DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo("D:\\temp"
if ( dirInfo.Exists )
{

FileInfo[] l_files = dirInfo.GetFiles();

// Loop through the files
foreach (FileInfo l_file in l_files)
{
if (l_file.Extension == ".xyz&quot
{
//do what you need to do
}
}
} ---
dino

 

[needscoop]

your loop approach (which I had hoped to avoid) worked fine, thanks!

 

[Dinobrago]

Yeah, I don't know of any way to do it as a group except to encapsulate the above code which would be pretty easy to do... ---
dino