XCOPY Using C# to Copy Files/Folders

Using the XCOPY command you can copy files and folders from one machine to another machine.

Here I will show you how we can execute XCOPY using C # but before showing that piece of code I would prefer to provide some explanations of XCOPY. So, here you go:

1.      In computing, Xcopy is a command used in PC DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and related operating systems for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files across a network. Xcopy stands for extended copy, and was created as a more functional file copying utility than the copy command found in these operating systems.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcopy

           To get more details about XCOPY you can visit the following link:

            http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491035.aspx

Xcopy is more powerful than a simple copy function in .Net like-: Xcopy does a lot of things (buffering, error check, etc.) that are not easy to code by yourself, but you can always start a new process with Xcopy in the command line.

Here is the Code for the same:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading; namespace Xcopy {     /// <summary>     /// Use This class to Perform Xcopy     /// </summary>     class Program     {         /// <summary>         /// This is your Main         /// </summary>         /// <param name="args"></param>         static void Main(string[] args)         {             //Provide the Source location             string sourceLoc = @"D:\BackUpFile\";             //Provide your Destination Location             string destinationLoc = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory.Remove(System.Environment.CurrentDirectory.IndexOf("bin")) + "Source\\";             string FolderPath = "CopiedFiles";             if (!(Directory.Exists(destinationLoc + @"\" + FolderPath)))                 Directory.CreateDirectory(destinationLoc + @"\" + FolderPath);             //Call a method to perform Xcopy             ProcessXcopy(sourceLoc, destinationLoc + @"\" + FolderPath);                         Console.WriteLine("we are done with the xcopy");                     }           /// <summary>    /// Method to Perform Xcopy to copy files/folders from Source machine to Target Machine         /// </summary>         /// <param name="SolutionDirectory"></param>         /// <param name="TargetDirectory"></param>        private static void ProcessXcopy(string SolutionDirectory, string TargetDirectory)         {             // Use ProcessStartInfo class             ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();             startInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;             startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;             //Give the name as Xcopy             startInfo.FileName = "xcopy";             //make the window Hidden             startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;             //Send the Source and destination as Arguments to the process             startInfo.Arguments = "\"" + SolutionDirectory + "\"" + " " + "\"" + TargetDirectory + "\"" + @" /e /y /I";             try             {                 // Start the process with the info we specified.                 // Call WaitForExit and then the using statement will close.                 using (Process exeProcess = Process.Start(startInfo))                 {                     exeProcess.WaitForExit();                 }             }             catch (Exception exp)             {                 throw exp;             }                    }     } }